(1)  The Director may suspend the registration of a bookmaker or bookmaker's agent for such period as the Director thinks fit or, following an inquiry, cancel the registration or impose on the bookmaker or bookmaker's agent a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units, if satisfied that the bookmaker or bookmaker's agent has –

(a) contravened this Act; or

(b) contravened another Act, being a contravention of a kind that calls into question the professional probity of the bookmaker or bookmaker's agent; or

(c) engaged in bookmaking at a time or place or in a way not authorised under this Act; or

(d) contravened a condition of his or her certificate of registration; or

(e) contravened a condition of a telephone betting endorsement; or

(f) contravened any Rules of Racing ; or

(g) defaulted in payment of any bet; or

(h) been guilty of misconduct or incompetence when engaging in bookmaking; or

(i) ignored or contravened a direction that the Director has given to that particular bookmaker or bookmaker's agent; or

(j) ignored or contravened a direction that the Director has given to bookmakers or bookmakers' agents generally.

(2)  If subsection (1)(e) applies, the Director may, instead of taking action under that subsection, do either or both of the following:

(a) cancel the telephone betting endorsement or suspend it for such period as the Director thinks fit;

(b) impose on the bookmaker or bookmaker's agent a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(3)  Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) , the Director's power to impose a fine under those subsections is not capable of being exercised in respect of an offence that a person has been charged with unless the charge has been withdrawn.

(4)  If, under this section, the Director decides to suspend or cancel a person's registration, suspend or cancel a person's telephone betting endorsement or impose a fine, the Director must give the person notice of –

(a) the decision; and

(b) the reasons for taking the decision; and

(c) the person's right of appeal.

(5)  The Director's decision takes effect when the person is given the notice.

(6)  Any fine imposed on a person under this section may be recovered from that person as a debt due to the Crown.