6Approval of gaming management agreements

6 Approval of gaming management agreements

(1)  A gaming management agreement is of no effect unless both the gaming manager and the terms of the agreement have been approved in writing by the Commission.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , the Commission may –

(a) carry out such investigations as the Commission considers necessary or appropriate; and

(b) by notice in writing – require the company that has entered or proposes to enter into the agreement with the licensee, or any person holding a position of authority in that company, to provide to the Commission –

(i) any record or other information; or

(ii) an authority or consent to obtain any record or other information –

that the Commission considers relevant to its investigations.

(3)  Without limiting the generality of subsection (2) (a) , the Commission may have particular regard in its investigations to all or any of the matters set out in Schedule 1 and to any prescribed matters.

(4)  For the purposes of subsection (2) (b) , the Commission may require the provision of any record or other information that is of a confidential nature and a person who complies with a notice of such a requirement does not on that account incur a liability to another person.

(5)  If a notice of a requirement under subsection (2) (b) is not complied with, the Commission is not required to take any further action in relation to the approval of the relevant gaming management agreement.

(6)  The Commissioner of Police is authorized to assist and provide any record or other information to the Commission for the purposes of this section.

(7)  The Commission is not required to give reasons for approving or refusing to approve a gaming manager or the terms of a gaming management agreement but it may do so if it thinks fit.