TT-Line Gaming Act 1993

The Minister may, by notice in writing given to the licensee, cancel or suspend a gaming licence issued in respect of a ship if – where the licensee is the operator, the licensee contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of this Act, a provision of a Division or Part of the Gaming Control Act 1993 referred to in section 16, or a term of the licence, that, in the opinion of the Minister, is a serious or fundamental contravention or failure to comply; or where the licensee is not the operator, the operator – contravenes or fails to comply with a provision of this Act, or a provision of a Part of the Gaming Control Act 1993 referred to in section 16, that, in the opinion of the Minister, is a serious or fundamental contravention or failure to comply; or does any act or thing that causes the licensee to contravene or fail to comply with the gaming licence; or the Minister is of the opinion that the operator is unfit to carry on the business of gaming; or any person concerned in the management of the operator is, in the opinion of the Minister, unfit to participate in or be connected with the business of gaming and has not, within 7 days after being required to do so by the Minister, ceased to be a person so concerned; or the licensee or, if the operator is a gaming manager, the gaming manager becomes subject to external administration under the Corporations Act.

A reference in subsection (1)(d) to a person concerned in the management of the operator includes a person who is an officer of the operator.

The Minister, on suspending a gaming licence, must specify the period for which it is suspended.

At any time while a gaming licence is suspended, the Minister may cancel the suspension, or reduce or extend the period for which the licence is suspended.

While the gaming licence is suspended, it is taken nevertheless to remain in force for the purposes of this section and sections 5, 7(2)(a), 7(2)(b)(i), 8(2)(b)(i), 9, 13 and 14.

During a period of suspension – no gaming is permitted to take place on the ship to which the licence relates; and all gaming areas on that ship are to be closed; and all gaming equipment and each gaming machine in those gaming areas is to be rendered inoperable; and all gaming equipment in each keno outstation on that ship is to be rendered inoperable.