. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/GBR/5
13 December 2002
(02-6903)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   UNITED KINGDOM
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2.Agency responsible:  Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Department of
Trade and Industry TBT Enquiry Point (see section 11);  Texts are available online (See
section 11).   European Commission TBT Enquiry Point ec-tbt@cec.eu.int
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Jackpot gaming machines
and high value Amusements with Prizes (AWP) machines.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Regulatory
Reform (Gaming Machines) Order 2002
6.Description of content:  Current law in Great Britain requires that jackpot machines can
accept money and pay out in coin only. The same applies to higher value (otherwise known
as “all-cash”) AWP machines, but they can also accept tokens.
The Order will allow jackpot machines and higher value AWP machines to be able to accept
payments by coins and banknotes and at the player’s discretion, store winnings for further
play without the player having to reinsert m oney into the machine. The machines will have
a bank and credit meter. The bank will show the total of the money inserted into the
machine and any winnings. The credit meter will show how much the player has committed
to play.  The player may at any time transfer up to a maximum of £2 from the bank to creditin any one go. Banknotes will only accepted up to a maximum value of £20.
Jackpot machines will also be able to accept payment  by means other than cash, such as
smartcards,  and allow winnings to be paid out in cash (coins and banknotes), by printing a
cheque, by adding credit to the players smartcard, or by means of a credit note or token
redeemable by the operator. Smartcards must be partly ejected for re-insertion for every £20committed to credit.
7.Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Some 49% of faults in gaming machines are coin related. The use of banknotes and
smartcards will reduce maintenance costs, reduce down times, reduce customer disputes
when the machine fails to pay out, reduce disruption when stakes and prize limits are altered
or new coins introduced, enhance income and reduce risks of robbery.G/TBT/N/GBR/5
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8. Relevant documents:
• The Regulatory Reform (Gaming Machines) Order 2002
• The draft Guidelines agreed between the Regulator (the Gaming Board for Great
Britain) and BACTA (the gaming industry trade representatives) setting out how
machines must operate
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }May 2003
10. Final date for comments:   13 April 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Department of Trade and Industry
UK TBT Enquiry Point
Kingsgate House, Bay 310
66-74 Victoria Street
 London SW1E 6SW
Contact: Mr Andy Weller  (THE TEXT OF THIS MEASURE IS IN PREPARATION BUT
WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ON LINE NO LATER THAN THE MIDDLE OF
JANUARY 2003.)  For text on-line please go to
http://www.dti.gov.uk/worldtrade/barriers.htme-mail andy.weller@dti.gsi.gov.uk
Tel ++ 44 201 215 4548
Fax ++44 207 215 4245