Public Lotteries Act 1996
18Exclusive operator licence
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18 Exclusive operator licence
18 Exclusive operator licence
(1) An operator licence can, if the Minister thinks fit, be granted as an exclusive licence for any period (the exclusivity period) up to the term for which the licence is granted.
(2) If an operator licence is granted as an exclusive licence, no other operator licence can be granted to be in force during the exclusivity period. This does not affect a licence already in force when the exclusive licence is granted.
(3) The grant of an exclusive licence does not create an exclusivity period for games of keno, with the result that one or more operator licences limited to a product licence for games of keno can be granted to be in force during the exclusivity period.
ss 18–21: Subst 2009 No 60, Sch 5.1 [5].