Queensland Consolidated Acts

CASINO CONTROL ACT 1982 - SECT 36

36 Requirement to apply for casino key employee licence in certain cases

(1) If the chief executive reasonably believes a person is a casino key employee for a casino operator and is not the holder of a casino key employee licence, the chief executive must, by written notice given to the person, require the person to apply for a casino key employee licence within 7 days after receiving the notice.

(1A) The person must comply with the requirement within 7 days after receiving the notice, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(2) The chief executive must cause a copy of the notice to be served on the casino operator in question.

(3) Where the person required pursuant to subsection (1) to apply for a casino key employee licence fails to do so within the time stipulated in that subsection, the chief executive must cause a notification in writing of such failure to be served on the casino operator in question, and the casino operator shall on such notification being served on the casino operator terminate the association or employment of that person with the casino notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act or law or of any industrial award or agreement.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—400 penalty units.

(4) If the chief executive refuses to grant a casino key employee licence applied for under this section—

(a) the applicant shall on receipt of notification of such refusal cease to be associated with or an employee of the casino in question; and

(b) the casino operator shall on receipt of notification of such refusal terminate the association or employment of the applicant with the casino.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—400 penalty units.

(5) The casino operator shall not incur any liability whatsoever for or in connection with the termination by the operator, pursuant to this section, of the association or employment of the applicant with the casino.