New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC LOTTERIES ACT 1996 - SECT 21C

21C Disciplinary action

(1) The Minister can take any of the following
"disciplinary actions" against a licensee if satisfied that there are grounds for disciplinary action against the licensee under this Division--

(a) suspend or cancel the licence (but only if there is a
"sufficient ground" for the suspension or cancellation as provided by this Division),

(b) amend the conditions of the licence to deal with any act, omission or other circumstance that constitutes a ground for disciplinary action,

(c) impose a monetary penalty on the licensee of an amount not exceeding $250,000,

(d) direct the licensee to rectify a matter that relates to any act, omission or other circumstance that constitutes a ground for disciplinary action,

(e) censure the licensee for any act, omission or other circumstance that constitutes a ground for disciplinary action.

(2) A direction to rectify a matter must direct that the matter be rectified within a specified period that is reasonable in the circumstances having regard to the nature of the matter to be rectified.

(3) The Minister is not to suspend or cancel a licence except with the approval of the Treasurer.

(4) A monetary penalty imposed under this section may be recovered as a debt due to the Crown in a court of competent jurisdiction.