Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Commission may inquire into whether there are grounds for disciplinary action against a community or charitable organisation.
(2) If, following an inquiry under subsection (1), the Commission considers there are grounds for taking disciplinary action against a community or charitable organisation, the Commission may serve on the organisation a notice in writing giving them an opportunity to show cause within 14 days why disciplinary action should not be taken against them on the grounds for disciplinary action specified in the notice.
(3) The organisation, 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) If the Commission decides that—
(a) the organisation is not a suitable person to conduct a session of bingo, the Commission may suspend the organisation's authority to conduct sessions of bingo for a period specified by the Commission; or
(b) there are any other grounds for disciplinary action against the organisation, the Commission may take the action—
and does so by giving written notice of the disciplinary action to the organisation.
(5) If the Commission suspends the organisation's authority to conduct sessions of bingo—
(a) the suspension takes effect at the time notice of it is given to the organisation; and
(b) this Act does not authorise the conduct of any session of bingo by or on behalf of the organisation at any time during the period of suspension.
(6) If the disciplinary action is the imposition of conditions on an organisation's authority to conduct sessions of bingo, the organisation must comply with those conditions.
(7) A function of the Commission under this section may be performed by any commissioner.
S. 8.4.19 inserted by No. 71/2008 s. 25.