New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC LOTTERIES ACT 1996 - SECT 21E

21E Procedure for taking disciplinary action

(1) Before taking disciplinary action, the Minister must first follow the show cause procedure provided for by this Division and then decide whether there is a sufficient ground for the taking of the proposed disciplinary action.

(2) The Minister is not required to follow the show cause procedure before--

(a) immediately suspending the licence as authorised by this Division, or

(b) censuring a licensee for any act, omission or other circumstance that constitutes a ground for disciplinary action.

(3) If the licensee fails to comply with a direction (imposed as disciplinary action) to rectify a matter within the period allowed for compliance, the Minister may take any other disciplinary action that the Minister could have taken in respect of the ground for disciplinary action concerned (without again following the show cause procedure for that other disciplinary action).

(4) The Minister takes disciplinary action by giving notice of the action to the licensee concerned.

(5) Disciplinary action takes effect when notice of it is given to the licensee or on such later date as may be specified in the notice of disciplinary action.

(6) The Minister may at any time by notice in writing to the licensee under a suspended licence cancel the remaining period of suspension or reduce the remaining period of suspension by a stated period.