141Suspension or cancellation, &c., of registration for misconduct

141 Suspension or cancellation, &c., of registration for misconduct

(1)  Tasracing may suspend the registration of a bookmaker or bookmaker's agent for such period as it thinks fit or cancel the registration or impose on the bookmaker or bookmaker's agent a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units, if satisfied that the bookmaker or bookmaker's agent has –

(a) contravened this Act; or

(b) contravened another Act, being a contravention of a kind that calls into question the professional probity of the bookmaker or bookmaker's agent; or

(c) engaged in bookmaking at a time or place or in a way not authorised under this Act; or

(d) contravened a condition of the bookmaker’s or bookmaker's agent’s certificate of registration; or

(e) contravened a condition of an on-course telephone betting endorsement, an off-course telephone betting endorsement, an off-course function betting endorsement or an off-course function approval; or

(f) contravened any Rules of Racing; or

(g) defaulted in payment of any bet; or

(h) been guilty of misconduct or incompetence when engaging in bookmaking; or

(i) ignored or contravened a direction that Tasracing has given to that particular bookmaker or bookmaker's agent; or

(j) ignored or contravened a direction that Tasracing has given to bookmakers or bookmakers' agents generally.

(2)  If subsection (1)(e) applies in relation to an on-course telephone betting endorsement, an off-course telephone betting endorsement, an off-course function betting endorsement or an off-course function approval, Tasracing may, instead of taking action under that subsection, do either or both of the following:

(a) cancel the endorsement or approval, or both, or suspend the endorsement for such period as it thinks fit;

(b) impose on the bookmaker or bookmaker's agent a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(3)  Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) , Tasracing's power to impose a fine under those subsections is not capable of being exercised in respect of an offence with which a person has been charged unless the charge has been withdrawn.