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This legislation has been repealed.

GAMING MACHINE ACT 1987 (REPEALED) - SECT 24

 U Commission may take disciplinary action against licensee [See Endnotes]

[ Note: This provision was uncommenced at republication date. ]

    (1)     If the commission is satisfied that grounds for disciplinary action exist in relation to a gaming machine licence, the commission may take any of the following disciplinary actions that it considers appropriate:

        (a)     issue a censure;

        (b)     impose conditions on, or vary the conditions of, the licence;

        (c)     impose a monetary penalty not exceeding $10 000;

        (d)     suspend the licence for a specified period or until a specified condition is fulfilled;

        (e)     suspend the licence indefinitely;

        (f)     cancel the licence.

    (2)     In this Act:

"censure" means a notice to a gaming machine licensee that sets out grounds of disciplinary action against the licensee.

    (3)     A censure may include a direction that requires the gaming machine licensee, within a specified time—

        (a)     to cease contravening a provision of this Act or condition of the licence; or

        (b)     to rectify a matter that contributes to the grounds of disciplinary action.

    (4)     A licence has no effect for section 5 while it is suspended but the suspension does not affect its operation for any other purpose.

    (5)     A monetary penalty imposed under this section may be recovered as a debt due to the Territory.



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