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PUBLIC LOTTERIES ACT 1996 - SECT 21G
Show cause procedure
(1) The following procedure is the
"show cause procedure" for proposed disciplinary action under this Division--
(a) the Minister must give the licensee a show cause notice that requires the
licensee to show why the proposed disciplinary action should not be taken,
(b) the Minister must promptly give each interested person a copy of the show
cause notice,
(c) the Minister must consider all written representations made
during the show cause period by the licensee or any interested person to whom
a copy of the show cause notice is given.
(2) A show cause notice must
indicate the following-- (a) the disciplinary action that the Minister
proposes to take,
(b) the ground for the proposed disciplinary action and the
act, omission or other circumstance constituting the ground for the proposed
action,
(c) the period (the
"show cause period" ) within which the licensee must show why the proposed
disciplinary action should not be taken.
(3) The show cause period is to be a
period of not less than 21 days after the show cause notice is given.
(4) An
"interested person" is a person who appears to the Minister to have an
interest in the licence that may be adversely affected by the proposed
disciplinary action. An interested person is only to be given a copy of the
show cause notice if the Minister is satisfied that it is appropriate in the
circumstances.
(5) In considering whether it is appropriate to give a copy of
the show cause notice to an interested person, the matters to which the
Minister may have regard include the following-- (a) the nature of the
person's interest in the licence,
(b) whether the licensee's interests may be
improperly prejudiced.
(6) An interested person to whom a copy of the show
cause notice is given may make representations about the proposed disciplinary
action to the Minister during the show cause period.
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