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CASINO CONTROL ACT 1992 - SECT 149

Information gathering for law enforcement purposes

149 Information gathering for law enforcement purposes

(1) For the purpose of obtaining information that may be of assistance to a law enforcement agency, the NICC may in writing direct a casino operator to provide the NICC with information obtained by the operator concerning--
(a) operations in the casino and in any other premises (whether or not within the State) in the nature of a casino, and
(b) any other activity that takes place in the casino or in those other premises.
(2) Such a direction may relate to particular information or to information generally and may relate to particular or general information concerning a specified person.
(3) The direction must specify--
(a) the kind of information that the casino operator is required to provide, and
(b) the manner in which the information is to be provided.
(4) It is a condition of a casino licence that the casino operator must comply with such a direction.
(5) The NICC may make information obtained by the NICC under this section available to any law enforcement agency and may do so despite section 17 of the Gaming and Liquor Administration Act 2007 .
(6) The NICC must not disclose to a casino operator that a request for information has been made to the NICC by a law enforcement agency or that information obtained under this section has been or will be furnished to a law enforcement agency.
(7) In this section--

"law enforcement agency" means--
(a) the NSW Police Force or the police force of another State or a Territory, or
(b) the New South Wales Crime Commission, or
(c) the Australian Federal Police, or
(d) the Australian Crime Commission, or
(d1) the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, or
(d2) the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, or
(d3) AUSTRAC, or
(d4) the Australian Taxation Office, or
(d5) the Authority under the Gaming and Liquor Administration Act 2007 , or
(e) any other authority or person responsible for the enforcement of the laws of the Commonwealth or of the State, another State or a Territory.



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