Queensland Consolidated Acts

KENO ACT 1996 - SECT 24

24 Grounds for suspension or cancellation

(1) Each of the following is a ground for suspending or cancelling a keno licence—

(a) the keno licensee is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to hold a keno licence;

(b) a business or executive associate of the keno licensee is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to be associated with a keno licensee’s operations;

(c) the keno licensee has been convicted of an offence against this Act or a gaming Act;

(d) the keno licensee has been convicted of an indictable offence;

(e) the keno licensee has breached the associated keno agreement in a way that entitles the State to terminate the agreement;

(f) the keno licensee has contravened a condition of the licence;

(g) the keno licensee has contravened a provision of this Act (being a provision a contravention of which does not constitute an offence against this Act);

(h) the associated keno agreement was entered into by the Minister on behalf of the State because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration;

(i) the keno licensee has failed to discharge the licensee’s financial commitments for the licensee’s operations;

(j) the keno licensee is bankrupt, has compounded with creditors or otherwise taken, or applied to take, advantage of any law about bankruptcy;

(k) the keno licensee is the subject of a winding-up, either voluntarily or under a court order, appointment of a liquidator or appointment of a receiver or receiver and manager under the Corporations Act .

(2) For forming a belief that the ground mentioned in subsection (1) (a) exists, the Minister may have regard to the same issues to which the Minister may have regard in deciding whether a proposed keno licensee is a suitable person to hold a keno licence.

(3) For forming a belief that the ground mentioned in subsection (1) (b) exists, the Minister may have regard to the same issues to which the Minister may have regard in deciding whether a business or executive associate of a proposed keno licensee is a suitable person to be associated with a keno licensee’s operations.