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GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 3.4.37

Cancellation of gaming operator's licence

    (1)     The Commission, with the consent of the Minister, may apply to the Supreme Court for cancellation of a gaming operator's licence.

    (2)     On an application under subsection (1), the Supreme Court may cancel the licence if it is satisfied—

        (a)     that the licence holder or the operator

              (i)     has committed a material breach of a term or condition of the licence or of a gaming Act or gaming regulations; or

              (ii)     has persistently committed breaches of terms or conditions of a gaming operator's licence or of a gaming Act or gaming regulations

and that disciplinary action under section 3.4.36 is not, in all the circumstances, a sufficient sanction; or

        (b)     if the licence holder is a natural person, that the licence holder is an insolvent under administration; or

        (c)     if the licence holder is not a natural person, that—

              (i)     on an application under section 459P of the Corporations Act, the Court would be required under section 459C(2) of that Act to presume that the licence holder is insolvent; or

              (ii)     the licence holder is an externally-administered body corporate; or

              (iii)     the licence holder is not a Victorian company; or

        (d)     that the licence holder or the operator has been convicted of an offence which is of sufficient magnitude to warrant cancellation of the licence; or

        (e)     if the licence holder is not a body corporate, that the licence holder does not have a principal place of business in Victoria; or

        (f)     that the licence holder is not carrying on a significant gaming business in Victoria; or

        (g)     that the licence holder or the operator is involved in a scheme or arrangement the purpose, or one of the purposes, of which is the avoidance of tax under Part 6.

Ch. 3 Pt 4 Div. 3A (Heading and ss 3.4.37A–3.4.37J) inserted by No. 54/2004 s. 5, repealed by No. 56/2010 s. 61(1).

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Ch. 3 Pt 4 Div. 3B (Heading and ss 3.4.37K3.4.37N) inserted by No. 54/2004 s. 5.

Division 3B—Further licensing restrictions and requirements

S. 3.4.37K inserted by No. 54/2004 s. 5.



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