New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ACT 1989 - SECT 29

29 Cancellation or suspension of licences

(1) The Council may cancel or suspend a licence (other than a provisional licence) if the Council is satisfied that:

(a) the licence has been improperly obtained, or

(b) the licensee or a director of a corporation that is the licensee made a statement in or in connection with the application for the licence or for the continuation of the licence that was false or misleading in a material particular, or

(c) the licensee is not a fit and proper person to continue to be the holder of a licence, or

(d) a director of, or a person having a relevant financial interest (within the meaning of section 20) in a corporation that is the licensee would not, if the director or the person were the holder of a licence, be a fit and proper person to be the holder of a licence, or

(e) the business of the licensee has not been or is not being conducted in a proper and business-like manner, or

(f) the conditions (if any) imposed on the licence have not been complied with, or

(g) the licensee has failed to apply for a continuation of the licence, or

(h) the licensee has been convicted of an offence against this Act or the regulations.

(2) The Council may also cancel or suspend a licence if the Complaints Committee determines under Part 3 that the licensee is guilty of misconduct and recommends the cancellation or suspension of the licence.

(3) If the Council cancels or suspends a licence, it must cause a notice of the cancellation or suspension to be served on the holder of the licence.

(4) Any such notice is to state the particulars of the grounds on which the Council has cancelled or suspended the licence.

(5) The cancellation or suspension of a licence takes effect as provided by section 43.

(6) When the cancellation or suspension of a licence has effect, the person to whom the licence was issued must, as soon as practicable, deliver it to the Council.

Maximum penalty (subsection (6)): 20 penalty units.