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INTERACTIVE GAMBLING (PLAYER PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 44
Grounds for suspension or cancellation
44 Grounds for suspension or cancellation
(1) Each of the following is a ground for suspending or cancelling an
interactive gambling licence— (a) the licensed provider is not, or is no
longer, a suitable person to hold an interactive gambling licence;
(b) a
business or executive associate of the licensed provider is not, or is no
longer, a suitable person to be associated with a licensed provider’s
operations;
(ba) a business or executive associate of the licensed provider
is a person whom the provider is required to ensure is not a business or
executive associate under a regulation under section 263 (4) (b) ;
(c) the
licensed provider has been convicted of an offence against this Act, a gaming
Act or a corresponding law;
(d) the licensed provider has been convicted of
an indictable offence;
(e) the licensed provider has contravened a condition
of the interactive gambling licence;
(f) the licensed provider has
contravened a provision of this Act or a corresponding law (being a provision
a contravention of which does not constitute an offence);
(g) the
licensed provider has failed to discharge financial commitments for the
licensed provider’s operations;
(h) the licensed provider is bankrupt, has
compounded with creditors or otherwise taken, or applied to take, advantage of
any law about bankruptcy;
(i) the licensed provider is affected by control
action under the Corporations Act;
(j) the interactive gambling licence was
obtained by a materially false or misleading representation or in some other
improper way.
(2) For forming the belief that the ground mentioned in
subsection (1) (a) exists, the Minister may have regard to the same matters to
which the Minister may have regard in deciding whether an applicant is a
suitable person to hold an interactive gambling licence.
(3) For forming the
belief that the ground mentioned in subsection (1) (b) exists, the Minister
may have regard to the same matters to which the Minister may have regard in
deciding whether a business or executive associate of an applicant is a
suitable person to be associated with a licensed provider’s operations.
(4)
For subsection (1) (i) , a licensed provider is affected by control action
under the Corporations Act if the licensed provider— (a) has executed a deed
of company arrangement under that Act; or
(b) is the subject of a winding-up
(whether voluntarily or under a court order) under that Act; or
(c) is the
subject of an appointment of an administrator, liquidator, receiver or
receiver and manager under that Act.
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