Queensland Numbered Acts

RACING INTEGRITY ACT 2016 - SECT 96

96 Investigations into suitability of licence holder

(1) The commission may investigate a licence holder to find out whether the licence holder is a suitable person to hold, or to continue to hold, a racing bookmaker’s licence.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the commission may investigate the licence holder under this section only if—

(a) the commission reasonably suspects the licence holder is not, or is no longer, a suitable person to hold a racing bookmaker’s licence; or

(b) the investigation is made under an audit program approved by the commission.

(3) The commission may, at any time, ask the police commissioner whether the licence holder—

(a) is an identified participant in a criminal organisation; or

(b) has a business associate or an executive associate who is—

(i) if the associate is an individual—an identified participant in a criminal organisation; or

(ii) if the associate is a corporation—a criminal organisation or an unsuitable corporation; or

(c) if the licence holder is a corporation—is an unsuitable corporation.

(4) The police commissioner must give the commission the information requested under subsection (3).

(5) The commission may use the advice given by the police commissioner only for deciding whether the racing bookmaker’s licence should be cancelled.