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Authorised Betting Operations Act 2000
Div 4Approval of designated persons
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Division 4—Approval of designated persons
20—Approval of designated persons
(1) A licensee must ensure that each person who becomes a designated person in relation to the licensee has been approved by the Commissioner.
(1a) The Commissioner must give the Commissioner of Police a copy of all applications made under this section and must allow the Commissioner of Police a reasonable opportunity to make representations on the application.
(1b) The Commissioner of Police must make available to the Commissioner information about criminal convictions and other information to which the Commissioner of Police has access relevant to whether the application should be granted.
(2) A licensee must, within 14 days after a person ceases to be a designated person in relation to the licensee, give the Commissioner written notice identifying the person and stating the date when, and the reason why, the person ceased to be a designated person.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(3) This section applies in relation to designated persons other than directors of a licensee subject to any limitation for the time being specified by the Commissioner by written notice to a licensee.
(5) This section does not apply in respect of an administrator, controller or liquidator of a licensee who has assumed control over the licensed business or a person acting on the authority of such a person.
designated person, in relation to a licensee, means—
(a) a director of a licensee; or
(b) an executive officer of a licensee; or
(c) a person, or a person of a class, designated by the Commissioner for the purpose.