Interactive Gambling Act 1998
10Authorised games
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10 Authorised games (1) Subject to this section, an interactive game is, for this Act, an authorised game if— (a) a licensed provider is authorised to conduct it under this division; or (b) subject to this section, an external provider is authorised to conduct it under the corresponding law of the participating jurisdiction where the provider is licensed. (2) A game that an external provider is authorised to conduct under a corresponding law (an externally authorised game) is not an authorised game if the external provider is prohibited from conducting the game in the ACT by a prohibition under subsection (3). (3) The Minister, if satisfied that the conduct of an externally authorised game in the ACT is contrary to the public interest, may, by written notice given to the external provider authorised under the corresponding law to conduct the game, prohibit the conduct of the game in the ACT. (4) The Minister must not give a notice under subsection (3) unless the (a) given to the external provider and the relevant participating regulator written notice of the proposed prohibition and the reasons for it; and (b) allowed each of them a reasonable opportunity to make
Division 2.2 Authorised providers and authorised games (5) The Minister must give to the relevant participating regulator a copy of a notice under subsection (3). (6) If a notice under subsection (3) has been given in relation to an interactive game, the game ceases to be an authorised game.