(a) The Commission shall be authorized to adopt, amend or repeal such regulations, consistent with the policy and objectives of this chapter, as it may deem necessary or desirable for the public interest in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
(b) Such regulations shall be adopted, amended, and repealed, after public notice and hearing. Public notice shall be made in the Virgin Islands newspapers and major media for four (4) weeks prior to the hearing.
(c) Any interested person may, file a petition with the Commission requesting the adoption, amendment or repeal of a regulation.
(d) The Commission may, in emergency circumstances, summarily adopt, amend or repeal any regulation.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the Commission may, after notice provided in accordance with this subsection, authorize the temporary adoption, amendment or repeal of any rule concerning the conduct of gaming or the use or design of gaming equipment for an experimental period not to exceed 180 days for the purpose of determining whether such rules should be adopted on a permanent basis in accordance with the requirements of this section. Any rules experiment authorized by this subsection shall be conducted under such terms and conditions as the Commission may deem appropriate. Notice of any temporary rulemaking action taken by the Commission pursuant to this subsection shall be published in newspapers designated by the Commission at least seven days prior to the initiation of the experimental period and shall be prominently posted in each casino participating in the experiment. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the publication of the text of any temporary rules adopted by the Commission or notice of any modification of a rules experiment initiated in accordance with this subsection. The text of any temporary rule adopted by the Commission shall be posted in each casino participating in the experiment and shall be available upon request from the Commission. In no case shall any temporary rules authorize the use or operation of any game not authorized by the Legislature.