New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 69 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter 1 - CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION OF RULES
Section 13:69-1.3 - Construction and amendments
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The Division's rules shall be construed in accordance with generally accepted principles of statutory construction, including those set forth in 1:1-1, et seq.
(b) The Division's rules shall be liberally construed to permit the Commission and the Division to effectively carry out their respective statutory functions and to secure a just and expeditious determination of issues properly presented to the Commission or the Division.
(c) Nothing contained in the Division's rules shall be so construed as to conflict with any provision of the New Jersey Casino Control Act or any other applicable statute.
(d) In special cases and for good cause shown, the Commission or Division may relax or permit deviations from the Division's rules.
(e) The Division's rules may be amended by the Division from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 52:14B-1 et seq.
(f) Whenever any provision of the Division's rules requires that an act or event occur on a specified day or date, and such day or date falls upon a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, such provision shall be construed to refer to the next business day immediately following such day or date.
(g) Pursuant to 5:12-69(e), the Division may authorize the temporary adoption, amendment or repeal of any rule concerning the conduct of gaming or simulcast wagering, the use or design of gaming or simulcast wagering equipment or the internal procedures and administrative and accounting controls required by 5:12-99 for a period not to exceed 270 days, for the purpose of determining whether such rules should be adopted on a permanent basis. Any interested person may file a petition for temporary rulemaking with the Division in accordance with 13:69-3.6.