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GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 3.4.36

Disciplinary action

    (1)     In this section—

"disciplinary action", against the holder of a gaming operator's licence, means—

        (a)     the reprimanding of the licence holder; or

        (b)     the imposition of a fine not exceeding an amount that is 50 000 times the value of a penalty unit fixed by the Treasurer under section 5(3) of the Monetary Units Act 2004 on the licence holder;

"grounds for disciplinary action", in relation to the holder of a gaming operator's licence, means that the holder of the licence has committed a breach—

        (a)     of a condition of the licence; or

        (b)     of a gaming Act or gaming regulations.

    (2)     The Commission may serve on the holder of a gaming operator's licence a notice in writing giving the licence holder an opportunity to show cause within 28 days why disciplinary action should not be taken on grounds for disciplinary action specified in the notice.

    (3)     The licence holder, within the period allowed by the notice, may arrange with the Commission for the making of submissions to the Commission as to why disciplinary action should not be taken and the Commission must consider any submissions so made.

    (4)     The Commission may then take disciplinary action against the licence holder as the Commission sees fit and does so by giving written notice of the disciplinary action to the licence holder.

    (5)     If the disciplinary action is the imposition of a fine, the fine may be recovered as a debt due to the State.



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