Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Commission may endorse a venue operator's licence to do one or both of the following—
(a) to amend the name and address of the venue operator;
(b) to include premises as an approved venue.
(2) The Commission may endorse a venue operator's licence with the change of the name of the venue operator to the name of any of the persons referred to in subsection (3)(a) or a person nominated by a person referred to in subsection (3)(a).
(3) The Commission must not endorse a licence under this section unless the Commission is satisfied that—
(a) the endorsement is made at the request of, or with the approval of, one of the following—
(i) the licensee;
S. 3.4.24 (3)(a)(ii) repealed by No. 29/2009 s. 17(3).
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(iii) the legal personal representative of the licensee;
S. 3.4.24 (3)(a)(iv) amended by No. 13/2019 s. 221(Sch. 1 item 18).
(iv) if the licensee has become a represented person under the Guardianship and Administration Act 2019 , the guardian or administrator appointed in respect of the licensee;
(v) the official receiver, trustee or assignee of a licensee who becomes insolvent under administration;
(vi) a person who is administering a licensee that is an externally-administered body corporate;
(vii) a person whose name has been or will be endorsed on the licence under Part 4 or Part 6 of the Liquor Control Reform Act 1998 in respect of licensed premises that are an approved venue in a licence under this Act;
(viii) an incorporated association formed on the amalgamation of one or more incorporated associations, one of which was the licensee; and
(b) any person who, as a result of the endorsement, will be or become an associate of the person endorsed on the licence is at the time of endorsement approved by the Commission as an associate under a gaming Act;
(c) having regard to the purpose of this Act, the endorsement of the licence would not be contrary to the public interest;
(d) the endorsement is necessary to provide for continuity of the licence in circumstances other than where the licence has expired by effluxion of time.
(4) An endorsement of a licence takes effect on and from—
(a) the date of the decision of the Commission to endorse the licence; or
(b) any later date—
(i) that is specified by the Commission; or
(ii) that is the date when all of the conditions specified by the Commission as a pre-requisite to the endorsement taking effect have been satisfied.
(5) A person who is endorsed as the venue operator under this section is to be taken to be the venue operator on and from the date the endorsement takes effect.
(6) If a licence is endorsed to include premises as an approved venue the licence is to be taken to include those premises as an approved venue on and from the date the endorsement takes effect.
(7) The Commission may endorse a licence subject to any conditions imposed by the Commission.
(8) If the Commission endorses a licence under this section, it must make a corresponding endorsement in any relevant entry in the Register.
(9) A function of the Commission under this section may be performed by any commissioner.