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Gaming Machine Act 1991
sec.131Renewal of licence—decision
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### sec.131 Renewal of licence—decision
The commissioner must consider an application for renewal of a supplier’s licence and renew, or refuse to renew, the licence.
The commissioner must renew the licence if the licensed supplier complies with section 130 and pays the licence renewal fee prescribed under a regulation.
If the commissioner refuses to renew the licence, the commissioner must promptly give the applicant an information notice for the decision to refuse to renew the licence.
The renewal of a licence is for the standard licence period starting on—
the day after its last expiry; or
if the term of the licence has been extended—the day after the licence would have last expired apart from the extension.
In this section—
standard licence period means—
for a monitoring operator’s licence—10 years; or
for a dealer’s licence—5 years; or
for a testing facility operator’s licence—5 years.
s 131 prev s 131 amd 1992 No. 35 sch; 1997 No. 24 s 61 sch
om 1999 No. 77 s 96
pres s 131 ins 1997 No. 24 s 13
amd 1999 No. 77 s 47 ; 2002 No. 43 s 59 ; 2008 No. 2 s 43 ; 2012 No. 25 s 109 (1)
(sec.131-ssec.1) The commissioner must consider an application for renewal of a supplier’s licence and renew, or refuse to renew, the licence.
(sec.131-ssec.2) The commissioner must renew the licence if the licensed supplier complies with section 130 and pays the licence renewal fee prescribed under a regulation.
(sec.131-ssec.3) If the commissioner refuses to renew the licence, the commissioner must promptly give the applicant an information notice for the decision to refuse to renew the licence.
(sec.131-ssec.4) The renewal of a licence is for the standard licence period starting on— the day after its last expiry; or if the term of the licence has been extended—the day after the licence would have last expired apart from the extension.
(sec.131-ssec.5) In this section— standard licence period means— for a monitoring operator’s licence—10 years; or for a dealer’s licence—5 years; or for a testing facility operator’s licence—5 years.
- (a) the day after its last expiry; or
- (b) if the term of the licence has been extended—the day after the licence would have last expired apart from the extension.
- (a) for a monitoring operator’s licence—10 years; or
- (b) for a dealer’s licence—5 years; or
- (c) for a testing facility operator’s licence—5 years.