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KENO ACT 1996 - As at 21 October 2022 - Act 47 of 1996

- As at 21 October 2022 - Act 47 of 1996

Table of Provisions

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

Division 1 - Introduction

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

  • 11 Lawful activities
  • 12 Relationship with other laws

PART 3 - KENO LICENSEES

Division 1 - Issue of keno licences

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

  • 35 Audit program
  • 36 Investigations
  • 37 Requirement to give information or material for investigation

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

  • 42 Exempt keno employee
  • 43 Carrying out functions as keno employee
  • 44 Employing keno employees

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

  • 58 Changing conditions of licence
  • 59 Replacement of licence
  • 60 Surrender of licence

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

  • 80 Notice of end of key operator’s role
  • 81 Requirement to end key operator’s role

Division 10 - General offences

  • 82 False statements by applicants
  • 83 Display of identification

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

  • 128 Keeping of accounts
  • 129 Use of 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

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

  • 217 Application of division
  • 218 Appointments and authority
  • 219 Signatures
  • 220 Evidentiary aids

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

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