sec.44Grounds

### sec.44 Grounds Each of the following is a ground for suspending or cancelling a casino key employee licence or a casino employee licence— the holder of the licence— is not a suitable person to hold the licence; or acts in a way that is inappropriate for casino operations; or contravenes a provision of this Act, other than a provision a contravention of which is an offence against this Act; or contravenes a condition of the licence; the holder of the licence has a conviction, other than a spent conviction, for— an offence against this Act or a gaming Act; or an indictable offence; the licence was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or document. For forming a belief that the ground mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (i) exists, the chief executive may have regard to the same matters the chief executive may make an assessment of under section 37 (1) (b) in considering an application for a casino key employee licence or a casino employee licence. For subsection (1) (a) (ii) , the holder of a licence acts in a way that is inappropriate for casino operations if the holder does, or omits to do, an act that results in— the operation of the casino at which the holder is employed not being conducted under the approved control system for the casino; and the integrity of the operations of the casino being jeopardised. s 44 sub 2002 No. 43 s 9 ; 2004 No. 21 s 5 (amd 2005 No. 12 s 18 ) amd 2022 No. 23 s 16 ; 2023 No. 23 s 247 sch 1 s 8 (sec.44-ssec.1) Each of the following is a ground for suspending or cancelling a casino key employee licence or a casino employee licence— the holder of the licence— is not a suitable person to hold the licence; or acts in a way that is inappropriate for casino operations; or contravenes a provision of this Act, other than a provision a contravention of which is an offence against this Act; or contravenes a condition of the licence; the holder of the licence has a conviction, other than a spent conviction, for— an offence against this Act or a gaming Act; or an indictable offence; the licence was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or document. (sec.44-ssec.2) For forming a belief that the ground mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (i) exists, the chief executive may have regard to the same matters the chief executive may make an assessment of under section 37 (1) (b) in considering an application for a casino key employee licence or a casino employee licence. (sec.44-ssec.3) For subsection (1) (a) (ii) , the holder of a licence acts in a way that is inappropriate for casino operations if the holder does, or omits to do, an act that results in— the operation of the casino at which the holder is employed not being conducted under the approved control system for the casino; and the integrity of the operations of the casino being jeopardised. - (a) the holder of the licence— (i) is not a suitable person to hold the licence; or (ii) acts in a way that is inappropriate for casino operations; or (iii) contravenes a provision of this Act, other than a provision a contravention of which is an offence against this Act; or (iv) contravenes a condition of the licence; - (i) is not a suitable person to hold the licence; or - (ii) acts in a way that is inappropriate for casino operations; or - (iii) contravenes a provision of this Act, other than a provision a contravention of which is an offence against this Act; or - (iv) contravenes a condition of the licence; - (b) the holder of the licence has a conviction, other than a spent conviction, for— (i) an offence against this Act or a gaming Act; or (ii) an indictable offence; - (i) an offence against this Act or a gaming Act; or - (ii) an indictable offence; - (c) the licence was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or document. - (i) is not a suitable person to hold the licence; or - (ii) acts in a way that is inappropriate for casino operations; or - (iii) contravenes a provision of this Act, other than a provision a contravention of which is an offence against this Act; or - (iv) contravenes a condition of the licence; - (i) an offence against this Act or a gaming Act; or - (ii) an indictable offence; - (a) the operation of the casino at which the holder is employed not being conducted under the approved control system for the casino; and - (b) the integrity of the operations of the casino being jeopardised.