28BCosts of investigating and monitoring associates and likely associates

28B Costs of investigating and monitoring associates and likely associates (1) The Commission, by written notice, may require a person referred to in subsection (2) to pay to the Commission the amount determined by the Commission being an amount not exceeding the reasonable costs of the Commission in— (a) investigating a major change for which approval is sought under section 28 that involves a person becoming an associate of a casino operator; or (b) specifying a change to an associate of a casino operator under section 28AA; or (c) conducting an investigation under section 28A, including for the purposes of— (i) giving a notice to a casino operator under section 28A(3) or (5); and (ii) issuing a warning to an associate under section 28A(4A)(a); and S. 28B(1)(c)(iii) amended by No. 42/2022 s. 21(1)(a). (iii) giving a notice to an associate under section 28A(4A)(b) or 28A(4B); or S. 28B(1)(d) inserted by No. 42/2022 s. 21(1)(b). (d) conducting an investigation for the purposes of determining an application for approval made under section 28AC. (2) The person is— S. 28B(2)(a) amended by No. 42/2022 s. 21(2)(a). (a) subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), the casino operator; or S. 28B(2)(b) amended by No. 42/2022 s. 21(2)(b). (b) subject to paragraph (c), the person who is, or is likely to become, an associate of the casino operator, if the Commission is satisfied that the casino operator is not responsible for the person becoming or being likely to become an associate; or S. 28B(2)(c) inserted by No. 42/2022 s. 21(2)(c). (c) in the case of subsection (1)(d), the associate who applied for approval. (3) An amount payable under subsection (1) may be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the State. Pt 3 Div. 1B (Heading and ss 28C, 28D) inserted by No. 40/2025 s. 9.