Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

INTERACTIVE GAMBLING ACT 1998 (NO. 24 OF 1998) - SECT 10

(1)     Subject to this section, an interactive game is, for the purposes of this Act, an authorised game if—

        (a)     a licensed provider is authorised to conduct it under this Division; or

        (b)     subject to this section, an external provider is authorised to conduct it under the corresponding law of the participating jurisdiction in which the provider is licensed.

(2)     A game that an external provider is authorised to conduct under a corresponding law (in this section referred to as an “externally authorised game”) is not an authorised game if the external provider is prohibited from conducting the game in the Territory by a prohibition under subsection (3).

(3)     The Minister, if satisfied that the conduct of an externally authorised game in the Territory is contrary to the public interest, he or she may, by written notice given to the external provider authorised under the corresponding law to conduct the game, prohibit the conduct of the game in the Territory.

(4)     The Minister shall not give a notice under subsection (3) unless he or she has—

        (a)     given to the external provider and the relevant participating regulator written notice of the proposed prohibition and the reasons for it;

        (b)     allowed each of them a reasonable opportunity to make representations; and

        (c)     considered any representation made.

(5)     The Minister shall give to the relevant participating regulator a copy of a notice under subsection (3).

(6)     Where a notice under subsection (3) has been given in respect of an interactive game, the game ceases to be an authorised game.