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Casino Control Act 1991
36XInvestigation of approved persons
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36X Investigation of approved persons
(1) The Commission may carry out an investigation to determine whether a person who has acquired a relevant interest in a casino operator or a holding company of a casino operator in accordance with an approval granted under section 36W remains a suitable person to hold the relevant interest.
(2) For the purposes of an investigation under this section, the Commission, by written notice, may require the person or another person whose association with the person is, in the opinion of the Commission, relevant to the investigation to do any one or more of the following—
(a) provide, in accordance with directions in the notice, any information, verified by statutory declaration, that is relevant to the investigation and is specified in the notice;
(b) produce, in accordance with directions in the notice, any records relevant to the investigation that are specified in the notice and permit examination of the records, the taking of extracts from them and the making of copies of them;
(c) authorise a person described in the notice to comply with a specified requirement of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);
(d) give the Commission any authorities and consents that the Commission directs for the purpose of enabling the Commission to obtain information (including financial and other confidential information) concerning the person from other persons.
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 subsection.
S. 36Y inserted by No. 42/2022 s. 22.