17Class C licence—decision on application

17 Class C licence—decision on application (1) This section applies if the commission receives a licence application under section 15 (Licence for class C gaming machines— application). (2) In deciding whether to issue a class C licence, the commission may consider any matter prescribed by regulation. (3) The commission must issue a class C licence to the applicant if satisfied on reasonable grounds that— (a) the applicant is an eligible person; and

(b) a majority of the applicant’s voting members who voted in a ballot conducted under a regulation voted for the applicant having gaming machines. Note 1 If a corporation is a club, the corporation is an eligible person if it is an eligible club (see s 7 (1) (b)). Note 2 The commission may refuse to issue a class C licence to a club if a ground for refusing the licence exists (see s 18).