73Cancellation due to breach—show cause notice and possible suspension

73  Cancellation due to breach—show cause notice and possible suspension

Show cause notice

 (1) The Secretary may give a show cause notice to the holder of a gambling permission or old gambling authority for a gambling activity at an airport, if the Secretary reasonably believes that:

 (a) the holder has engaged in a gambling activity that is not authorised by the permission or authority; or

 (b) the holder has engaged in a gambling activity in a way that is not in accordance with the terms of the permission or authority; or

 (c) the holder has breached a condition of the permission or authority; or

 (d) for a gambling permission—the application for the permission, or a document or statement supplied in support of the application or in response to a request for further information, was false or misleading in a material particular.

 (2) The Secretary may also suspend the gambling permission or old gambling authority if the Secretary reasonably considers that the breach forming the grounds for the show cause notice is sufficiently serious to justify suspension.

 (3) The show cause notice must:

 (a) state the grounds on which the notice is given; and

 (b) if the permission or authority is suspended—state that it is suspended; and

 (c) invite the holder of the permission or authority to give the Secretary, within a reasonable period stated in the notice, a written statement showing cause why the permission or authority should not be cancelled.

Period of suspension

 (4) If a show cause notice states that a gambling permission or an old gambling authority is suspended, the suspension commences when the show cause notice is given to the holder.

 (5) The suspension may be revoked by the Secretary at any time, and the Secretary must give the holder written notice of the revocation.

 (6) If the suspension has not been revoked, it ends 90 days after the day on which it commenced.