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GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 2.5.25

Power of owner to evict occupier of place provided for unauthorised gambling

S. 2.5.25(1) substituted by No. 56/2014 s. 21(2).

    (1)     An owner of a place may serve on an occupier a notice to quit if the owner has reasonable grounds to suspect that the place is provided for the purposes of unauthorised gambling.

S. 2.5.25(1A) inserted by No. 56/2014 s. 21(2).

    (1A)     A notice served under this section must state that it is served under this section.

S. 2.5.25(2) amended by No. 56/2014 s. 21(3).

    (2)     Subject to this Act, if a notice is served under this section, any tenancy under which the occupier occupies the place is terminated on the 3rd day after the date of service as if the tenancy had expired by effluxion of time.

    (3)     If a tenancy terminates under subsection (2), the owner may, without any authority other than this Act, take legal proceedings to evict and may evict the occupier.

S. 2.5.25(4) amended by No. 56/2014 s. 21(3).

    (4)     A notice under this section must be served personally on the occupier unless the occupier cannot be found, in which case service may be effected by posting a copy of the notice on a conspicuous part of the place.

S. 2.5.25(5) inserted by No. 71/2008 s. 4, amended by Nos 56/2014 s. 21(4), 45/2018 s. 374.

    (5)     This section does not apply if the occupier occupies the place under a residential rental agreement to which the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 applies.



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