27AOperator must notify Commission of significant breaches

27A Operator must notify Commission of significant breaches (1) A casino operator must give the Commission written notice within the time specified in subsection (2), in the prescribed form (if any) and including the prescribed particulars (if any), if— (a) the casino operator or an associate of the casino operator breaches or is likely to breach— (i) this Act, the **Casino (Management Agreement) Act 1993** or the **Gambling Regulation Act 2003** or any regulations made under this Act or those Acts; or (ii) the casino operator's Responsible Gambling Code of Conduct; or (iii) the casino operator's system of internal controls and administrative and accounting procedures under section 121; or (iv) any agreements under section 15 or 142 to which the casino operator is a party; or (v) any other agreement between the casino operator and the State in relation to casino operations; or (vi) any direction given to, or recommendation made to, the casino operator by the Commission or the special manager; and (b) the breach or likely breach is significant. (2) Notice under subsection (1) must be given as soon as practicable, and in any case within 5 days, after the casino operator becomes aware of the breach or likely breach. (3) In determining whether a breach or likely breach is significant, regard must be had to— (a) the number and frequency of similar previous breaches or likely breaches; and (b) the impact or likely impact of the breach or likely breach; and (c) any other prescribed matters. Section 10.5.16 of the **Gambling Regulation Act 2003** creates an offence of giving information that is false or misleading in a material particular that applies to this section. Pt 3 Div. 1A (Heading and s. 27B) inserted by No. 42/2022 s. 18.