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Updated 15 July 2024

Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs encourages licenced operators and venue managers to take active steps to ensure they meet the requirements of the Gambling Act 2003, related regulations, licence conditions and game rules.

One way of doing this is a self-assessment review. A self-assessment review is an opportunity to evaluate how your venue complies with different parts of the Gambling Act and its regulations.

What is a self-assessment review

A self-assessment should involve a society or venue manager:
  • testing their own levels of compliance of their gaming machine operations with the requirements of the Gambling Act 2003, related regulations, licence conditions and game rules;
  • identifying areas where internal policies, systems and procedures should be developed, enhanced, or strengthened; and
  • putting measures in place immediately to address any areas where non-compliance was found.

Supporting documents for a self-assessment review

The inspection checklist is used by regulators when they carry out inspections of licenced class 4 venues.

The operational guidance for assessing harm prevention and minimisation policies is used by regulators when assessing whether harm minimisation and prevention policies meet regulatory requirements.

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DescriptionDocuments

1

Inspection Checklist for venues

Venue Assessment form (PDF, 3.5MB)*

2

Operational guidance for assessing Gambling Harm Prevention and Minimisation policies**

Operational Guidance: Harm Minimisation Policies (PDF, 1MB)*
** If a licence holder is seeking to update operational policy, a template is available on our guidance pages.

Disclaimer

The guidance contained in these documents does not limit the Secretary for Internal Affairs or any Gambling Inspector in the exercise of their functions and powers under the Gambling Act 2003. Our inspections and reviews of harm minimisation policies may differ from the guidance published on this website.

These documents are updated regularly. However, you should not rely only on this guidance to establish compliance with all the requirements of the Act or the Harm Minimisation Regulations. For more detailed guidance on compliance with the Harm Minimisation Regulations, please refer to Gambling Harm Prevention and Minimisation Guidance.

All guidance, including Gambling Harm Prevention and Minimisation Guidance, must be read in conjunction with the Gambling Act and the regulations. For specific situations or problems, it may be necessary to seek independent legal advice.


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