7Eligibility of individuals

7 Eligibility of individuals (1) For this Act, an individual is an eligible person if— (a) the individual is an adult; and (b) there is not a disqualifying ground for the individual. (2) Each of the following is a disqualifying ground for an individual: (a) the individual has been convicted, or found guilty, in the last 5 years, whether in the ACT or elsewhere, of an offence— (i) involving fraud or dishonesty; or (ii) against a law about gaming; (b) the individual has been convicted, or found guilty, in Australia in the last 5 years of an offence punishable by imprisonment for at least 1 year; (c) the individual has been convicted, or found guilty, outside Australia in the last 5 years of an offence that, if it had been committed in the ACT, would have been punishable by imprisonment for at least 1 year; (d) the individual is, or at any time in the last 5 years has been, bankrupt or personally insolvent; Note Bankrupt or personally insolvent—see the Legislation Act, dictionary, pt 1.

Definitions and important concepts Division 2.1 (e) at any time in the last 5 years the individual was involved in the management of a corporation when— (i) the corporation became the subject of a winding-up order; or (ii) a controller or administrator was appointed; (f) at any time in the last 12 months the individual had— (i) an application for a casino employee licence refused, on the basis that the individual provided false or misleading information, in the application; or (ii) a casino employee licence cancelled under part 4. (3) Despite subsection (2), the Minister or the commission may decide that an individual is an eligible person if satisfied that— (a) the operation of the casino would not be adversely affected if the Minister or the commission decided that the individual is an eligible person; and (b) it is otherwise in the public interest that the individual be treated as an eligible person.