Queensland Numbered Acts

RACING INTEGRITY ACT 2016 - SECT 106

106 Cancellation

(1) The commission may cancel the racing bookmaker’s licence if—

(a) there are no submissions for the show cause notice; or

(b) after considering the submissions for the show cause notice, the commission still believes—

(i) a ground exists to cancel the racing bookmaker’s licence; and

(ii) the act, omission or other thing constituting the ground is of a serious and fundamental nature; and

(iii) the public interest may be affected in an adverse and material way.

(2) The commission must cancel the racing bookmaker’s licence if—

(a) the licence holder is a corporation; and

(b) a show cause notice was given to the corporation because an executive associate or a business associate of the corporation is an identified participant in a criminal organisation; and

(c) either—

(i) there are no submissions for the show cause notice; or

(ii) submissions were made for the show cause notice and the commission still believes cancelling the racing bookmaker’s licence is warranted.

(3) The commission must immediately give the licence holder an information notice about the decision to cancel the racing bookmaker’s licence.

(4) The information notice must include—

(a) a direction to the licence holder to return the racing bookmaker’s licence to the commission within 14 days after the cancellation; and

(b) a warning to the licence holder that, without a reasonable excuse, it is an offence to fail to comply with the direction.

(5) The decision takes effect on the later of the following—

(a) the day the information notice is given to the licence holder;

(b) the day of effect stated in the information notice.

(6) The Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 27B, does not apply to the information notice to the extent to which the decision is the result of advice given by the police commissioner to the commission under section 95 (4) or 97 (4).