sec.139Grounds for suspension or cancellation

### sec.139 Grounds for suspension or cancellation A ground for suspending or cancelling a supplier’s licence exists if the licensed supplier, or an associate of the licensed supplier— is convicted of an offence against this Act; or is convicted of an indictable offence punishable by imprisonment for at least 1 year (irrespective of whether the offence is also punishable by a fine in addition, or as an alternative, to imprisonment); or is required to comply with any written direction given to the licensee or associate by the commissioner, and fails to comply with the direction; or is required under this Act to supply information or material to the commissioner or an inspector, and fails to supply the information or material or supplies information or material that, to the knowledge of the licensee or associate, is false or misleading in a material particular; or contravenes a provision of this Act (not being a provision a contravention of which is an offence against this Act, or a provision imposing a requirement of a kind mentioned in paragraph (ba) or (bb) ); or fails to discharge the licensed supplier’s, or associate’s, financial commitments; or is affected by control action under the Corporations Act ; or helps or induces a licensee to do or fail to do something that constitutes a ground for suspending or cancelling the licensee’s gaming machine licence. See section 97 . Also, a ground for suspending or cancelling the supplier’s licence exists if— the licensed supplier is not a suitable person to hold the supplier’s licence; or an associate of the licensed supplier is not a suitable person to be associated with the licensed supplier’s supply operations; or the licensed supplier contravenes a condition of the licence; or the licence was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration; or the licensed supplier is a licensed testing facility operator and gives the commissioner a written report of a test of gaming equipment that the supplier knows is false or misleading in a material particular. s 139 ins 1997 No. 24 s 13 amd 1999 No. 8 s 39 ; 1999 No. 77 s 51 ; 2000 No. 51 s 52 ; 2001 No. 45 s 29 sch 3 ; 2004 No. 21 s 123 sch ; 2008 No. 2 s 44 ; 2012 No. 25 ss 87 , 109 (1) (sec.139-ssec.1) A ground for suspending or cancelling a supplier’s licence exists if the licensed supplier, or an associate of the licensed supplier— is convicted of an offence against this Act; or is convicted of an indictable offence punishable by imprisonment for at least 1 year (irrespective of whether the offence is also punishable by a fine in addition, or as an alternative, to imprisonment); or is required to comply with any written direction given to the licensee or associate by the commissioner, and fails to comply with the direction; or is required under this Act to supply information or material to the commissioner or an inspector, and fails to supply the information or material or supplies information or material that, to the knowledge of the licensee or associate, is false or misleading in a material particular; or contravenes a provision of this Act (not being a provision a contravention of which is an offence against this Act, or a provision imposing a requirement of a kind mentioned in paragraph (ba) or (bb) ); or fails to discharge the licensed supplier’s, or associate’s, financial commitments; or is affected by control action under the Corporations Act ; or helps or induces a licensee to do or fail to do something that constitutes a ground for suspending or cancelling the licensee’s gaming machine licence. See section 97 . (sec.139-ssec.2) Also, a ground for suspending or cancelling the supplier’s licence exists if— the licensed supplier is not a suitable person to hold the supplier’s licence; or an associate of the licensed supplier is not a suitable person to be associated with the licensed supplier’s supply operations; or the licensed supplier contravenes a condition of the licence; or the licence was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration; or the licensed supplier is a licensed testing facility operator and gives the commissioner a written report of a test of gaming equipment that the supplier knows is false or misleading in a material particular. - (a) is convicted of an offence against this Act; or - (b) is convicted of an indictable offence punishable by imprisonment for at least 1 year (irrespective of whether the offence is also punishable by a fine in addition, or as an alternative, to imprisonment); or - (ba) is required to comply with any written direction given to the licensee or associate by the commissioner, and fails to comply with the direction; or - (bb) is required under this Act to supply information or material to the commissioner or an inspector, and fails to supply the information or material or supplies information or material that, to the knowledge of the licensee or associate, is false or misleading in a material particular; or - (c) contravenes a provision of this Act (not being a provision a contravention of which is an offence against this Act, or a provision imposing a requirement of a kind mentioned in paragraph (ba) or (bb) ); or - (d) fails to discharge the licensed supplier’s, or associate’s, financial commitments; or - (e) is affected by control action under the Corporations Act ; or - (f) helps or induces a licensee to do or fail to do something that constitutes a ground for suspending or cancelling the licensee’s gaming machine licence. Note— See section 97 . - (a) the licensed supplier is not a suitable person to hold the supplier’s licence; or - (b) an associate of the licensed supplier is not a suitable person to be associated with the licensed supplier’s supply operations; or - (c) the licensed supplier contravenes a condition of the licence; or - (d) the licence was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration; or - (e) the licensed supplier is a licensed testing facility operator and gives the commissioner a written report of a test of gaming equipment that the supplier knows is false or misleading in a material particular.