CASINO CONTROL ACT 1992 - SECT 28
Appointment of a manager if licence suspended, cancelled or surrendered
CASINO CONTROL ACT 1992 - SECT 28
Appointment of a manager if licence suspended, cancelled or surrendered
28 Appointment of a manager if licence suspended, cancelled or surrendered
(1) If a casino licence is suspended, cancelled or surrendered, the NICC may,
if it is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, by instrument
in writing appoint a person to be the manager of the casino for the purposes
of this section.
(2) In appointing a person to be the manager, the NICC must
have regard to the suitability of the person.
(3) The manager is to be
appointed on such terms and conditions as the NICC thinks fit.
(4) The
appointment of the manager may be terminated at any time by the NICC and is in
any case terminated 90 days after appointment unless in a particular case the
appointment is extended by the regulations.
(5) The manager--
(a) is to be
considered to be the holder of a casino licence (including for the purposes of
section 6) granted on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as the
suspended, cancelled or surrendered licence (as in force immediately before
the suspension, cancellation or surrender) with such modifications as the NICC
may direct, and
(b) is to assume full control of and responsibility for the
business of the casino operator in respect of the casino, and
(d) has, in connection with the conduct of those operations,
all the functions of the operator.
(6) The regulations may make provision for
or with respect to the functions of the manager of a casino appointed under
this section.
(7) The following provisions have effect in respect of the net
earnings of a casino while operations in the casino are being conducted by a
manager under this section--
(a) no payment of net earnings is to be made to
the holder of the suspended, cancelled or surrendered licence (
"the former operator" ) without the prior approval of the NICC,
(b)
the former operator is entitled to a fair rate of return out of net earnings
(if any) on any property of the former operator retained by the manager,
(c)
the NICC may in its discretion direct that all or any part of net earnings
(other than that to which the former operator is entitled under paragraph (b))
is to be paid into the Consolidated Fund, with any balance to be paid to
the former operator.
