Casino Control Regulation 2019
95Name of licensed premises
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95 Name of licensed premises
95 Name of licensed premises
(1) A licensee must cause to appear and be maintained on the front of the licensed premises, in accordance with the subsection (1A), a sign that specifies—
(a) a name for the licensed premises (not being a name that is a prohibited name for the licensed premises under this section), and
(b) the type of licence for the premises, and
(c) any other particulars prescribed by the regulations under the Casino Control Act 1992.
Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
(1A) The sign referred to in subsection (1) must appear and be maintained in a manner that enables a person on the part of a public place on which the front of the premises abuts to read the sign.
(2) A licensee must not alter the name referred to in subsection (1)(a) unless the NICC has, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed by the regulations under the Casino Control Act 1992—
(a) approved in writing of the proposed new name, and
(b) endorsed the change of name on the licence.
Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
(3) The NICC may not approve an alteration of the name of licensed premises if the name as proposed to be altered is a prohibited name for the licensed premises under this section.
(4) A licensee must not cause or permit the use on any sign displayed on the exterior of the licensed premises or in any advertising with respect to the licensed premises of a name that is a prohibited name for the licensed premises under this section.
Maximum penalty—5 penalty units.
(5) A name is a prohibited name for licensed premises under this section if—
(a) it is a name or a name of a kind, or contains words or words of a kind, prescribed by the regulations under the Casino Control Act 1992 as prohibited, either in relation to all licensed premises or in relation to the particular class of licensed premises of which the licensed premises form part, or
(b) it is a name that the NICC has notified the licensee in writing is prohibited as being objectionable, inappropriate or misleading.