Keno Act 1996
sec.61Grounds
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sec.61 Grounds
Each of the following is a ground for suspending or cancelling a licensed keno employee’s keno employee licence— the licensed keno employee— is not a suitable person to hold a keno employee licence; or acts in a way that is inappropriate for the conduct of approved keno games; or contravenes a provision of this Act, other than a provision a contravention of which is an offence against this Act; or contravenes a condition of the licence; the licensed keno employee has a conviction, other than a spent conviction, for— an offence against this Act or a gaming Act; or an indictable offence; the keno employee licence was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or document. For forming a belief that the ground mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (i) exists, the chief executive may have regard to the same issues to which the chief executive may have regard under section 51 (2) in deciding whether an applicant for a keno employee licence is a suitable person to hold the licence. For subsection (1) (a) (ii) , a licensed keno employee acts in a way that is inappropriate for the conduct of approved keno games if the employee does, or omits to do, an act that results in— the conduct of approved keno games at the keno gaming place at which the employee is employed not being conducted under the relevant keno licensee’s control system for the conduct of the games; and the integrity of the conduct of approved keno games being jeopardised. s 61 sub 2004 No. 21 s 76 amd 2013 No. 25 s 111 ; 2023 No. 23 s 247 sch 1 s 25 (sec.61-ssec.1) Each of the following is a ground for suspending or cancelling a licensed keno employee’s keno employee licence— the licensed keno employee— is not a suitable person to hold a keno employee licence; or acts in a way that is inappropriate for the conduct of approved keno games; or contravenes a provision of this Act, other than a provision a contravention of which is an offence against this Act; or contravenes a condition of the licence; the licensed keno employee has a conviction, other than a spent conviction, for— an offence against this Act or a gaming Act; or an indictable offence; the keno employee licence was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or document. (sec.61-ssec.2) For forming a belief that the ground mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (i) exists, the chief executive may have regard to the same issues to which the chief executive may have regard under section 51 (2) in deciding whether an applicant for a keno employee licence is a suitable person to hold the licence. (sec.61-ssec.3) For subsection (1) (a) (ii) , a licensed keno employee acts in a way that is inappropriate for the conduct of approved keno games if the employee does, or omits to do, an act that results in— the conduct of approved keno games at the keno gaming place at which the employee is employed not being conducted under the relevant keno licensee’s control system for the conduct of the games; and the integrity of the conduct of approved keno games being jeopardised.