Queensland Numbered Acts

CASINO CONTROL AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2022 - SECT 74

74 Amendment of s 162 (Approval of regulated interactive gambling equipment)

(1) Section 162 —
insert—

(3A) After considering the application and any evaluation of equipment, the chief executive must decide to—

(a) grant the approval; or

(b) grant the approval with conditions; or

(c) refuse to grant the approval.

(2) Section 162 (4) , ‘give’—
omit, insert—   grant  

(3) Section 162 (5) and (6) —
omit, insert—

(5) When the chief executive makes a decision under subsection (4), the chief executive must—

(a) for a decision to grant an approval—immediately give the applicant written notice of the decision; or

(b) for a decision to grant an approval with conditions—immediately give the applicant an information notice for the decision; or

(c) for a decision to refuse to grant an approval—immediately give the applicant an information notice for the decision.

(4) Section 162 (3A) to (5) —
renumber as section 162 (4) to (6) .

(5) Section 162 —
insert—

(7) The chief executive may act under subsection (8) only if, having regard to the objects of this Act, the chief executive considers taking the action is—

(a) necessary or appropriate for the proper conduct of interactive gambling; or

(b) otherwise in the public interest.

(8) At any time after granting an approval, the chief executive may decide to—

(a) impose conditions on the approval, whether or not the approval is already subject to conditions; or

(b) vary a condition of the approval; or

(c) remove a condition of the approval.

(9) When the chief executive makes a decision under subsection (8), the chief executive must—

(a) for a decision to impose a condition on an approval—give the licensed provider for the approval an information notice for the decision; or

(b) for a decision to vary a condition of an approval—give the licensed provider for the approval an information notice for the decision; or

(c) for a decision to remove a condition of an approval—give the licensed provider for the approval written notice of the decision.