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GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 3.5.7C

Withdrawal of approval

    (1)     The Commission, by written notice, may withdraw the approval of a linked jackpot arrangement or a variation to a linked jackpot arrangement if the Commission considers it necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the proper conduct of gaming.

    (2)     If approval is withdrawn under subsection (1), the Commission must allow a venue operator a reasonable time within which to stop the conduct of gaming through the linked jackpot arrangement.

    (3)     However, in the case where the Commission has withdrawn an approval because it considers there is an immediate threat to the public interest, the Commission is not required to give any time within which conduct of gaming through the linked jackpot arrangement must be stopped.

    (4)     A notice under subsection (1) must—

        (a)     be given to every venue operator conducting gaming through the linked jackpot arrangement to which the approval related; and

        (b)     specify the day on which, or time at which, the linked jackpot arrangement must be stopped.

    (5)     A withdrawal of an approval takes effect on the day, or at the time, specified in a notice under subsection (1).

    (6)     A day that is specified in a notice under subsection (1) may be the day of the notice in the case where the Commission has withdrawn an approval because it considers there is an immediate threat to the public interest.

    (7)     A time that is specified in a notice under subsection (1) may be a time falling on the day of the notice in the case where the Commission has withdrawn an approval because it considers there is an immediate threat to the public interest.



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