KENO ACT 1996 - As at 21 October 2022 - Act 47 of 1996
- As at 21 October 2022 - Act 47 of 1996Table of Provisions
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
Division 1 - Introduction
- 1 Short title
- 1A Object
- 2 Definitions—the dictionary
Division 2 - Interpretation
- 3 References to operations of keno licensees and appointed agents
- 4 References to particular agency agreements
- 5 References to particular approved keno games
- 6 References to particular associated keno agreements
- 7 References to particular keno agents
- 8 References to particular keno employee licences
- 9 References to particular keno licences
- 10 References to particular keno licensees
PART 2 - LAWFULNESS OF KENO GAMES
PART 3 - KENO LICENSEES
Division 1 - Issue of keno licences
- 13 Minister may issue licence
- 14 Issue of licence conditional on keno agreement
- 15 Conditions for entering into keno agreement
- 16 Suitability of proposed keno licensee
- 17 Suitability of business and executive associates
- 18 Investigations about suitability of persons
- 19 Conditions of licence
Division 2 - Dealings with keno licences
- 20 Transfer of licence prohibited
- 21 Mortgage of licence prohibited
- 22 Amendment of licence
- 23 Surrender of licence
Division 3 - Suspension and cancellation of keno licences
- 24 Grounds for suspension or cancellation
- 25 Show cause notice
- 26 Copy of show cause notice to be given to interested persons
- 27 Consideration of representations
- 28 Immediate suspension
- 29 Censuring keno licensee
- 30 Direction to rectify
- 31 Notice by Minister
- 32 Suspension, cancellation and appointment of administrator
- 33 Terms of appointment, and role, of administrator
- 34 Cancellation or reduction of period of suspension
Division 4 - Investigations about suitability of persons
Division 5 - General provisions about keno licences
- 38 Form of licence
- 39 Term of licence
- 40 Reports about person’s criminal history
- 41 Justiciability of decisions about licence
PART 4 - LICENSED KENO EMPLOYEES
Division 1 - Licensing requirements
Division 2 - Key operators
- 45 Requirement that key operator apply for licence or end role
- 46 Requirement that key operator end role
- 47 Requirement to end key operator’s role
Division 3 - Applications for, and issue of, keno employee licences
Subdivision 1 - General applications- 48 Application of subdivision
- 49 Application for licence
- 50 Consideration of application
- 51 Conditions for granting application
- 52 Investigation about suitability of applicant
- 53 Decision about application Subdivision 2 - Applications by licensed casino employees
- 54 Application of subdivision
- 55 Application for licence
- 56 Issue of licence Subdivision 3 - Conditions of licences
- 57 Conditions
Division 4 - Dealings with keno employee licences
Division 5 - Suspension and cancellation of keno employee licences, and other action by chief executive
Subdivision 1 - Suspension and cancellation- 61 Grounds
- 62 Show cause notice
- 63 Consideration of representations
- 64 Immediate suspension
- 65 Suspension and cancellation of licence after show cause process Subdivision 2 - Other action by chief executive
- 66 Ending show cause process without further action
- 67 Censuring licensed keno employee
- 67A Direction to rectify matter after show cause process
- 67B Cancellation or reduction of period of suspension
Division 6 - Investigation of licensed keno employees
- 68 Audit program
- 69 Investigations about suitability of licensed keno employees
- 70 Requirement to give information or material for investigation
Division 7 - General provisions about keno employee licences
- 71 Requirement for additional information or documents to support applications
- 72 Form of licence
- 73 Term of licence
- 74 Lapsing of licence
- 74A Destruction of fingerprints of former licence holders
- 75 Reports about person’s criminal history
Division 8 - Requirements about employment of keno employees
- 76 Notice of start of keno employee’s employment 77. (Repealed)
- 78 Notice of end of keno employee’s employment
- 79 Requirement to end licensed keno employee’s employment
Division 9 - Requirements about association with key operators
Division 10 - General offences
PART 5 - KENO AGENTS AND SUBAGENTS
Division 1 - Agency agreements
- 84 Entering into agency agreements
- 85 Conditions for entering into agency agreement
- 86 Notice of agency agreement
- 87 Condition for amending agency agreement
- 88 Notice delaying start of keno agent’s operations
- 89 Start of keno agent’s operations 90. (Repealed)
- 91 Notice of change of keno agent’s place of operation
Division 2 - Appointment of subagents
- 92 Appointment
- 93 Notice of keno subagent’s appointment 94. (Repealed)
- 95 Notice of change of keno subagent’s place of operation
Division 3 - Terminating agency agreements and appointment of keno subagents
- 96 Grounds for termination
- 97 Show cause notice
- 98 Suspending appointed agent’s operations
- 99 Censuring appointed agent
- 100 Direction to rectify
- 101 Directions to terminate affecting appointed agents
- 102 Termination of agreement
- 103 Termination of appointment
- 104 Notice of termination of agreement
- 105 Notice of termination of appointment
Division 4 - Investigations about suitability of persons
- 106 Investigations
- 107 Requirement to give information or material for investigation
- 108 Reports about person’s criminal history
PART 6 - KENO TAX AND LICENCE FEE
- 109 Requirement to pay keno tax
- 110 Calculating keno tax
- 111 Monthly gross revenue return
- 112 Keno licence fee 113. (Repealed)
- 114 Penalty for late payment
- 115 Recovery of amounts
- 116 Revenue offences
- 116A (Expired)
PART 7 - COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS
Division 1 - Control system for conducting keno games
- 117 Keno games to be conducted under control system
- 118 Content of control system
- 119 Chief executive may give direction about content of control system 120. (Repealed) 121. (Repealed)
Division 2 - Keno records
- 122 Notices about keeping keno records
- 123 Keno records to be kept at certain place
- 124 Keno records to be kept for required period
Division 3 - Financial accounts, statements and reports
- 125 Keeping of accounts
- 126 Preparation of financial statements and accounts
- 127 Submission of reports
Division 4 - Financial institution accounts
Division 5 - Audit
- 130 Audit of keno licensee’s operations
- 131 Completion of audit
- 132 Further information following audit
PART 8 - CONDUCT OF APPROVED KENO GAMES
Division 1 - Agreements relating to keno licensee’s operations
- 133 Approval of ancillary keno agreements
- 134 Entering into ancillary keno agreements
- 135 Review of related agreements
- 136 Show cause notice for related agreement
- 137 Direction to terminate related agreement
- 137A Keno pooling agreements
- 137B Application of particular provisions to keno pooling agreements
Division 2 - Operations of keno licensees and agents
- 138 Keno rules
- 138A Rules to be made available etc.
- 139 Responsibility of keno licensee for licensee’s acts
- 140 Responsibility of keno licensee for acts of appointed agents
- 141 Responsibility of appointed agent for agent’s acts
- 142 Places of operation
- 143 Times of conduct of approved keno games
- 144 Claims for prizes
- 145 Approval of regulated keno equipment
- 146 Use of regulated keno equipment
- 146A Approved evaluators
- 147 Player accounts
- 148 Extending credit
- 149 Keno advertising
- 150 Directions about keno advertising
- 151 Inquiries about complaints
- 152 Claims for payment
- 153 Harm minimisation measures
- 154 Reporting improper behaviour
Division 3 - Excluding persons from approved places of operation or taking part in keno gaming
Subdivision 1 - Provisions about self-exclusion- 154A Self-exclusion notice
- 154B Self-exclusion order
- 154C Revoking self-exclusion order Subdivision 2 - Exclusion instigated by appointed agent
- 154D Exclusion direction
- 154E Duration of exclusion direction
- 154F Application to revoke exclusion direction
- 154G Deciding application to revoke exclusion direction Subdivision 3 - Other provisions
- 154H Particular persons not to take part in keno gaming etc.
- 154I Counselling
- 154J Obligation to prevent persons from taking part in keno gaming etc.
- 154K Register
- 154L Report about prohibition under order or direction
- 154M Distributing promotional or advertising material about approved place of operation
Division 4 - Keno gaming offences
- 155 Cheating
- 156 Forgery and deception
- 157 Impersonating licensed keno employees or officials
- 158 Bribery
- 159 Keno gaming by licensed keno or casino employees
- 159A Keno gaming by appointed agent or agent’s employees
- 160 Key officials
- 161 Keno gaming by key officials
- 162 Relationship of key officials with authorised keno operators
- 163 Relationship of key officials with prospective keno licensees
- 164 Relationship of authorised keno operators with key officials
- 165 Keno gaming by minors
- 166 Allowing minors to take part in keno gaming
PART 9 - INVESTIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Division 1 - Inspectors
Subdivision 1 - Appointment of inspectors- 167 Appointment and qualifications Subdivision 2 - Other matters about inspectors
- 168 Conditions and limit on powers
- 169 Issue of identity card
- 170 Production or display of identity card
- 171 When inspector ceases to hold office
- 171A Resignation
- 171B Return of identity card Subdivision 3 - Audit program and report about criminal history
- 171C Audit program
- 171D Report about criminal history
Division 2 - Powers of inspectors
Subdivision 1 - Power to enter places- 172 Entry without consent or warrant
- 173 Entry with consent or warrant Subdivision 2 - Consents and warrants for entry
- 174 Consent to entry
- 175 Evidence of consent
- 176 Application for warrant
- 177 Issue of warrant
- 178 Special warrants
- 179 Evidence about special warrants Subdivision 3 - General powers
- 180 General powers after entering places
- 181 Failure to help inspector
- 182 Failure to give information 183. (Repealed) Subdivision 4 - Power to seize evidence
- 184 Seizing evidence at keno gaming places
- 185 Seizing evidence at places other than keno gaming places
- 186 Securing seized things
- 187 Tampering with seized things
- 188 Powers to support seizure
- 189 Receipt for seized things
- 190 Forfeiture of seized things
- 191 Return of seized things
- 192 Access to seized things Subdivision 5 - Power to give directions to stop using things
- 193 Direction to stop using thing
- 194 Requirements about stop directions
- 195 Failure to comply with stop direction Subdivision 6 - Power to obtain information
- 196 Power to require name and address
- 197 Failure to give name or address 198. (Repealed)
- 199 Power to require production of documents
- 200 Failure to produce document
- 201 Failure to certify copy of document
- 202 Power to require attendance of persons
- 203 Failure to comply with requirement about attendance
- 204 Power to require financial records
- 205 Effect of compliance with financial records requirement
- 206 Failure to comply with financial records requirement
Division 3 - Powers of Minister
- 207 Direction about management practices
Division 4 - General enforcement matters
- 208 Forfeiture on conviction
- 209 Dealing with forfeited things
- 210 Notice of damage
- 211 Compensation
- 212 Protecting officials from liability
Division 5 - General enforcement offences
- 213 False or misleading statements
- 214 False, misleading or incomplete documents
- 215 Obstructing inspectors 216. (Repealed)
PART 10 - LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Division 1 - Evidence
Division 2 - Proceedings
- 221 Indictable and summary offences
- 222 Proceedings for indictable offences
- 223 Limitation on who may summarily hear indictable offence proceedings
- 224 Limitation on time for starting summary proceedings
- 225 Responsibility for acts or omissions of representatives
- 226 Executive officer may be taken to have committed offence against s 116(1)
- 227 Attempts to commit offences
PART 11 - REVIEWS BY TRIBUNAL
- 228 When keno licensees may apply for review
- 229 When applicants for keno employee licences may apply for review
- 230 When licensed keno employees may apply for review
- 231 When keno agents may apply for review
- 232 When keno subagents may apply for review
- 233 When other persons may apply for review
- 234 Tribunal to decide review on evidence before the chief executive
- 235 Tribunal may give leave for review to be decided on new evidence in particular circumstances
- 236 Appeals from tribunal only to Court of Appeal on a question of law 237. (Repealed) 237A. (Repealed) 238. (Repealed) 239. (Repealed) 239A. (Repealed) 239B. (Repealed) 239C. (Repealed) 239D. (Repealed) 239E. (Repealed) 239F. (Repealed)
PART 12 - MISCELLANEOUS
- 240 Confidentiality of information
- 240A Commissioner of police service to notify changes in criminal history
- 241 Delegations
- 241A Chief executive may make guidelines
- 242 Approval of forms
- 243 Regulation-making power
PART 13 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Division 1 - Transitional provision for Gaming Machine and Other Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1999
- 244 Continuation of appeals
Division 2 - Transitional provisions for Gambling Legislation Amendment Act 2004
- 245 Definitions for div 2 246. (Repealed)
- 247 Direction to rectify under pre-amended Act 248. (Repealed)
- 249 Continuation of obligation under pre-amended Act, s 153
Division 3 - Transitional provision for Liquor and Gaming (Red Tape Reduction) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2013
- 250 Continuation of offence under s 117