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GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 8.4.2A

Notification of intention to conduct or cease conducting bingo sessions

    (1)     A community or charitable organisation must give notice to the Commission of the intention to commence the conduct of one or more sessions of bingo at least 7 days before the first day on which the first session of bingo is to be conducted.

    (2)     The notice—

        (a)     must be in the form approved by the Commission; and

        (b)     must contain the following information—

              (i)     the address of the premises at which the sessions will be conducted;

              (ii)     the days of the week or the dates on which the sessions will be conducted;

              (iii)     the starting and finishing times of the sessions;

              (iv)     the frequency of the sessions;

              (v)     the number of games of bingo to be played in each session;

S. 8.4.2A
(2)(b)(vi) amended by No. 64/2014 s. 39(5).

              (vi)     the name and number of the account in which the proceeds from the sessions will be deposited and the name and branch of the ADI at which that account is held; and

        (c)     must nominate a natural person aged 18 years or more to be responsible for the conduct of the sessions; and

        (d)     must include the consent of the nominee to his or her nomination.

    (3)     A community or charitable organisation must notify the Commission in writing within 7 days after a change in any of the information referred to in subsection (2)(b) contained in a notice given by the organisation to the Commission.

    (4)     If sessions of bingo are conducted on behalf of a community or charitable organisation by a bingo centre operator, subsection (3) applies as if the bingo centre operator were the community or charitable organisation.

    (5)     A community or charitable organisation must notify the Commission in writing of the organisation's intention to cease conducting sessions of bingo for a period longer than the period, if any, prescribed by the regulations.

S. 8.4.2B inserted by No. 71/2008 s. 23.



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