Gaming Machine Act 1991

A licensed supplier may apply to the commissioner for the replacement of its supplier’s licence if—

the licence is lost, stolen, destroyed or damaged; or

the licensee’s name changes.

The application must be accompanied by—

the fee prescribed under a regulation for issuing a replacement licence; and

for a lost licence application based on damage or a name change application—the licensed supplier’s current licence.

The commissioner must consider the application and either—

replace the licence by issuing another supplier’s licence to the applicant with, for a name change application, the name of the licensed supplier changed to reflect the licensed supplier’s current name; or

refuse to replace the licence.

The commissioner must replace the licence if—

for a lost licence application—the commissioner is satisfied the licence—

has been lost, stolen or destroyed; or

has been damaged in a way to require its replacement; or

for a name change application—the commissioner is satisfied the change of name has taken place.

If, on a lost licence application, the commissioner refuses to replace the licence, the commissioner must immediately give the applicant an information notice for the decision.

If, on a name change application, the commissioner refuses to replace the licence, the commissioner must immediately give the applicant a written notice stating the decision and the reason for the decision.

In this section—lost licence application means an application under this section made on a ground mentioned in subsection (1)(a).name change application means an application under this section made on the ground mentioned in subsection (1)(b).