New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CASINO, LIQUOR AND GAMING CONTROL AUTHORITY ACT 2007 - SECT 16

16 Restrictions relating to key officials and former key officials

(1) A key official or former key official must not:

(a) hold any type of gaming or liquor licence, or

(b) without the approval of the appropriate authority, hold office as a member of the governing body of a registered club, or

(c) solicit employment, in any capacity, from a gaming or liquor licensee or from a person known by the official to be a close associate of such a licensee, or

(d) be an employee in any capacity of:

(i) a gaming or liquor licensee, or

(ii) a person known by the official to be a close associate of a gaming or liquor licensee, or

(iii) a casino contractor, or

(e) without the approval of the appropriate authority, knowingly have, directly or indirectly, any business or financial association with, or any business or financial interest in any matter in conjunction with, a gaming or liquor licensee or a person known by the official to be a close associate of such a licensee, or

(f) be a close associate of a person known by the official to be an applicant for, or the holder of, a gaming or liquor licence.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) A gaming or liquor licensee or a close associate of such a licensee must not:

(a) employ, in any capacity, a person known by the licensee or close associate to be a key official or former key official, or

(b) without the approval of the appropriate authority, knowingly have, directly or indirectly, any business or financial association with, or any business or financial interest in any matter in conjunction with, a person known by the licensee or close associate to be a key official or former key official.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

(3) Approvals granted by the appropriate authority under this section are to be recorded and available for public inspection.

(4) In this section:
"appropriate authority", in relation to a key official or former key official, means:

(a) in the case of a member of staff or former member of staff-the relevant Division Head, or

(b) in the case of a consultant to the Authority or former consultant to the Authority-the Authority, or

(c) in the case of a member of the NSW Police Force or former member of the NSW Police Force-the Commissioner of Police, or

(d) in any other case-the Minister.

"casino contractor" means a person who is a party to a controlled contract with a casino operator or with a person who is the subject of a notice under section 38 of the Casino Control Act 1992 .
"former key official" means a person who was a key official at any time during the previous 4 years (or the previous 3 years in the case of a person who was, immediately before the commencement of this section, a former key official for the purposes of the Liquor Act 1982 , the Registered Clubs Act 1976 or the Gaming Machines Act 2001 ) but who is no longer a key official.