Queensland Numbered Acts

RACING INTEGRITY ACT 2016 - SECT 97

97 Investigation into suitability of associate of licence holder

(1) The commission may investigate a business associate or an executive associate of a licence holder to decide whether the associate is a suitable person to be, or to continue to be, associated with the licence holder’s operations.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the commission may investigate a business associate or an executive associate of a licence holder under this section only if—

(a) the commission reasonably suspects the associate is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to be associated with a licence holder’s operations; or

(b) the investigation is part of an investigation under this division of the licence holder in relation to whom the associate is a business associate or an executive associate; or

(c) the investigation is made under an audit program approved by the commission; or

(d) the associate became a business associate or an executive associate of the licence holder after the issue of the racing bookmaker’s licence to the licence holder; or

(e) the associate has not been investigated previously under an audit program mentioned in paragraph (c).

(3) The commission may, at any time, ask the police commissioner whether a business associate or an executive associate of a licence holder—

(a) is an identified participant in a criminal organisation; or

(b) has a business associate or an executive associate who is—

(i) if the associate is an individual—an identified participant in a criminal organisation; or

(ii) if the associate is a corporation—a criminal organisation or an unsuitable corporation; or

(c) if the business associate or an executive associate is a corporation—is an unsuitable corporation.

(4) The police commissioner must give the commission the information requested under subsection (3).

(5) The commission may use the advice given by the police commissioner only for deciding whether the racing bookmaker’s licence should be cancelled.