Queensland Consolidated Acts

INTERACTIVE GAMBLING (PLAYER PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 56

56 Investigations

(1) The chief executive may investigate a licensed provider to help the Minister decide whether the licensed provider is a suitable person to hold, or to continue to hold, an interactive gambling licence.

(2) The chief executive may investigate a business or executive associate of a licensed provider to help the Minister decide whether the person is, or continues to be, a suitable person to be associated with a licensed provider’s operations.

(3) However, the chief executive may investigate a licensed provider only if—

(a) the Minister reasonably suspects the licensed provider is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to hold an interactive gambling licence; or

(b) the investigation is made under an audit program for licensed providers approved by the Minister.

(4) Also, the chief executive may investigate a business or executive associate of a licensed provider only if—

(a) the Minister reasonably suspects the person is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to be associated with a licensed provider’s operations; or

(b) the investigation is made under an audit program for associates of licensed providers approved by the Minister; or

(c) the person—

(i) became a business or executive associate of the licensed provider after the issue of the interactive gambling licence; and

(ii) has not been investigated previously under an audit program mentioned in paragraph (b) ; or

(d) the person—

(i) was a business or executive associate of the licensed provider when the interactive gambling licence was issued; and

(ii) has not been investigated under section 35 (2) .