Racing Integrity Act 2016
sec.103Show cause notice
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sec.103 Show cause notice
The commission must give a licence holder a notice (a show cause notice ) if the commission reasonably believes— a ground exists to cancel the licence holder’s racing bookmaker’s licence; and the act, omission or other thing forming the ground is of a serious and fundamental nature; and the public interest may be affected in an adverse and material way. The show cause notice must state the following— the action the commission proposes taking under this division; the grounds for the proposed action; an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds; that the licence holder may, within a stated period (the show cause period ), make submissions to the commission to show why the proposed action should not be taken. The show cause period must end at least 28 days after the licence holder is given the show cause notice. The licence holder may, in the show cause period, make submissions to the commission about the show cause notice. s 103 amd 2016 No. 62 s 351 ; 2022 No. 24 s 29 s ch 1 pt 1 (sec.103-ssec.1) The commission must give a licence holder a notice (a show cause notice ) if the commission reasonably believes— a ground exists to cancel the licence holder’s racing bookmaker’s licence; and the act, omission or other thing forming the ground is of a serious and fundamental nature; and the public interest may be affected in an adverse and material way. (sec.103-ssec.2) The show cause notice must state the following— the action the commission proposes taking under this division; the grounds for the proposed action; an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds; that the licence holder may, within a stated period (the show cause period ), make submissions to the commission to show why the proposed action should not be taken. (sec.103-ssec.3) The show cause period must end at least 28 days after the licence holder is given the show cause notice. (sec.103-ssec.4) The licence holder may, in the show cause period, make submissions to the commission about the show cause notice.
- (a) a ground exists to cancel the licence holder’s racing bookmaker’s licence; and
- (b) the act, omission or other thing forming the ground is of a serious and fundamental nature; and
- (c) the public interest may be affected in an adverse and material way.
- (a) the action the commission proposes taking under this division;
- (b) the grounds for the proposed action;
- (c) an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the grounds;
- (d) that the licence holder may, within a stated period (the show cause period ), make submissions to the commission to show why the proposed action should not be taken.