Minors on licensed premises in company of responsible adult
121 Minors on licensed premises in company of responsible adult
The NICC may, on the application by a licensee, grant an authorisation (a minors area authorisation) to enable the use by a minor of a specified part of licensed premises in the casino environs while in the company of a responsible adult.
The specified part of the licensed premises to which a minors area authorisation applies may, if the authorisation so provides, comprise the whole of the premises.
An application for a minors area authorisation must—
be in the form and manner approved by the NICC, and
be accompanied by such fee as is determined by the NICC, and
comply with such other requirements as may be approved by the NICC.
In determining an application for a minors area authorisation, the NICC has the same powers in relation to the application as the NICC has in relation to an application for a licence.
If, before an application for a minors area authorisation is determined by the NICC, a change occurs in the information provided in, or in connection with, the application (including information provided under this subsection), the applicant must immediately notify the NICC of the particulars of the change.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
The NICC may determine a fee in respect of the granting of a minors area authorisation. If any such fee is determined, the authorisation does not take effect unless the fee has been paid.
The NICC may, in granting a minors area authorisation, specify requirements that are to be complied with before the authorisation takes effect. The authorisation does not take effect until such time as any such requirements have been complied with.
A minors area authorisation—
is subject to such conditions—
as are imposed by the NICC (whether at the time the authorisation is granted or at a later time), or
as are imposed by or under this Act or as are prescribed by the regulations under the Casino Control Act 1992, and
may be varied or revoked by the NICC on the NICC’s own initiative or on application by the licensee or the Commissioner of Police.
Any such application by a licensee to vary or revoke a minors area authorisation (including any conditions to which the authorisation is subject that have been imposed by the NICC) must be accompanied by such fee as is determined by the NICC.
For the purposes of this Act, any condition to which a minors area authorisation is subject is taken to be a condition of the licence to which the authorisation relates.
A minors area authorisation has effect only while all the conditions to which it is subject are being complied with.
The NICC must not impose a condition on a minors area authorisation, or revoke or vary such an authorisation, other than a variation made on application by a licensee, unless the NICC has—
given the licensee to whom the authorisation relates a reasonable opportunity to make submissions in relation to the proposed decision, and
taken any such submissions into consideration before making the decision.
This section does not authorise the revocation or variation of a condition to which a minors area authorisation is subject if the condition is imposed by this Act or is prescribed by the regulations under the Casino Control Act 1992.
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