129Grounds for making complaint

129 Grounds for making complaint

129 Grounds for making complaint

(1) A complaint in relation to a licensee or close associate may be made to the Authority by any of the following (referred to in this Part as the complainant)—

(a) the Secretary,

(b) the Commissioner of Police,

(c) a person authorised by the regulations to make a complaint under this Part.

(2) A complaint must be in writing and specify the grounds on which it is made.

(3) The grounds on which a complaint in relation to a licensee or close associate may be made are as follows—

(a) that the licensee—

(i) has contravened a provision of this Act or the regulations, or

(ii) has failed to comply with any requirement under this Act or the regulations that relates to the licensee, or

(iii) has been convicted of an offence under this Act or the regulations or of an offence prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section,

(b) that the hotelier or club has engaged in conduct that has encouraged, or is likely to encourage, the misuse and abuse of gambling activities in the hotel or on the premises of the club concerned,

(c) that the hotelier or club has failed to comply with any of the conditions to which an authorisation under Part 5 is subject (including, in the case of a hotelier, the condition that the hotelier comply with the hotel primary purpose test as referred to in section 15 of the Liquor Act 2007 in respect of the hotel),

(d) that the hotelier or club has failed to pay tax within the meaning of the Gaming Machine Tax Act 2001, or an instalment of any such tax, within the time allowed by or under that Act, or has failed to pay a penalty or interest due for late payment of any such tax or instalment,

(e) that the gaming-related licensee—

(i) has failed to comply with a condition of the gaming-related licence, or

(ii) has failed to comply with an order or direction of the Authority, or