Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A public company
which is a party to a casino complex agreement and wishes to obtain a casino
gaming licence in respect of the relevant casino (in this section called the
applicant ) may lodge with the Commission its application for that casino
gaming licence, together with —
(a) an
application fee of $5 000 or such other amount as is prescribed;
(b) such
information relating to —
(i)
that application; and
(ii)
the question whether or not the applicant has complied
with the preliminary requirements,
as is prescribed and
as the Commission requires; and
(c) if
the Commission so requires, the consent in writing of any person who
is —
(i)
believed by the Commission; or
(ii)
known to the applicant,
to be associated with
the applicant in some way to the obtaining by the Commission of such
information concerning the background of that person as the Commission
requires.
(2) On receiving an
application made under subsection (1), the Commission
shall —
(a)
carry out such investigations as it considers necessary or desirable to inform
itself whether or not the applicant has complied with the preliminary
requirements; and
(b)
submit a copy of that application, together with its opinion on whether or not
the applicant has complied with the preliminary requirements, to the Minister.
(3) On receiving a
copy of an application and the opinion of the Commission submitted to him
under subsection (2) or resubmitted to him under subsection (4)(b),
the Minister shall —
(a)
subject to an undertaking referred to in section 19(1) and if the
applicant has complied with the preliminary requirements, approve of that
application subject to such conditions as are set out in the casino complex
agreement and to such additional conditions, if any, as are agreed between the
Minister and the applicant;
(b) if
the applicant has not complied with the preliminary requirements but will in
the opinion of the Minister be able to comply with them within such period as
the Minister considers reasonable, defer consideration of that application for
that period; or
(c) if
the applicant has not complied with the preliminary requirements and will not
in the opinion of the Minister be able to comply with them within such period
as the Minister considers reasonable, refuse to consider that application,
and shall advise the
Commission accordingly.
(4) On being advised
by the Minister under subsection (3), the Commission
shall —
(a) if
the Minister approves of the application concerned, grant to the applicant the
casino gaming licence concerned, subject to the same conditions as those to
which that approval is subject, and specify those conditions in that casino
gaming licence;
(b) if
the Minister defers consideration of the application concerned for a period,
resubmit that application, together with its opinion on whether or not the
applicant has complied with the preliminary requirements, to him at the
conclusion of the period; or
(c) if
the Minister refuses to approve of the application concerned, refuse to grant
that application,
and shall advise the
applicant accordingly.
(4a) Subject to
subsection (4b), the Commission may with the approval of the Minister by
notice published in the Gazette —
(a) fix
the area to which a casino gaming licence relates; or
(b)
alter an area fixed under this subsection.
(4b) The Commission
shall not, without the consent of the relevant casino licensee, reduce under
subsection (4a) the area to which a casino gaming licence relates.
(4c) Without limiting
subsection (4a), the area to which a casino gaming licence relates may be
fixed or altered under that subsection for specified purposes relating to the
conduct and playing of one or more specified authorised games in one or more
specified areas of the relevant casino complex.
(5) A casino gaming
licence remains in force until it is suspended or revoked under
section 21B(3) or 21C or surrendered under section 21D.
(6) In this
section —
specified , in relation to a notice under
subsection (4a), means specified in the notice;
the preliminary requirements means those
provisions of the relevant casino complex agreement with which the applicant
is required by that casino complex agreement to comply before a casino gaming
licence can be granted to the applicant in respect of the casino concerned.
[Section 21 inserted by No. 10 of 1985
s. 31; amended by No. 29 of 1985 s. 11; No. 44 of 1987
s. 12; No. 74 of 1987 s. 22; No. 24 of 1998 s. 15.]