15Cancellation or suspension of gaming licences

15 Cancellation or suspension of gaming licences

(1)  *[Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 109 of 1993, s. 8 ]*The Minister may, by notice in writing given to the licensee, cancel or suspend a gaming licence issued in respect of a ship if –

(a) where the licensee is the operator, the licensee contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of this Act, a provision of a Division or Part of the Gaming Control Act 1993 referred to in section 16 , or a term of the licence, that, in the opinion of the Minister, is a serious or fundamental contravention or failure to comply; or

(b) where the licensee is not the operator, the operator –

(i) contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of this Act, or a provision of a Part of the Gaming Control Act 1993 referred to in section 16 , that, in the opinion of the Minister, is a serious or fundamental contravention or failure to comply; or

(ii) does any act or thing that causes the licensee to contravene or fail to comply with the gaming licence; or

(c) the Minister is of the opinion that the operator is unfit to carry on the business of gaming; or

(d) any person concerned in the management of the operator is, in the opinion of the Minister, unfit to participate in or be connected with the business of gaming and has not, within 7 days after being required to do so by the Minister, ceased to be a person so concerned; or

(e) [Section 15 Subsection (1) amended by No. 42 of 2001, Sched. 1, Applied:15 Jul 2001] the licensee or, if the operator is a gaming manager, the gaming manager becomes subject to external administration under the Corporations Act.

(2)  A reference in subsection (1) (d) to a person concerned in the management of the operator includes a person who is an officer of the operator.

(3)  The Minister, on suspending a gaming licence, must specify the period for which it is suspended.