Casino Control Act 1984

The Commission, and any member or officer of the Commission as though he were an authorised officer concerned under the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987 with the supervision of permitted gaming and the enforcement of that Act, has and may exercise in relation to —

any party to, or any manager or other person, trust, premises or property the subject of, a casino complex agreement; and

any thing that the Commission or that member or officer has reasonable cause to believe relates to, or may be likely to affect, a person or matter referred to in paragraph (a); and

the organization, management, operation and use of a casino complex including the gaming operations and related accounting, audit and security procedures in, and amenities or facilities ancillary to, the casino comprised in the casino complex,

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Commission or a member, or an officer of the Commission, may in particular —

by notice in writing or, if the urgent or otherwise special nature of the circumstances makes it necessary, by notice given orally, require any casino key employee or casino employee, or any other person associated with operations in the casino complex or its management or who has in his possession or under his control any gaming equipment, instruments of gaming, or books related to the operation of a casino complex or otherwise relevant to the administration of this Act to —

produce for inspection on behalf of the Commission any such gaming equipment, instruments of gaming or books; and

attend before the Commission, or that officer, at a specified time and place and then and there to answer any questions, or provide information, with respect to any such gaming equipment or instruments of gaming, any such books or any entries therein, or operations in or in relation to the casino complex or gaming;

enter, and remain in, any part of a casino complex, scrutinize and inquire into any gaming or betting conducted there, and inspect, or require to be examined and tested on behalf of the Commission, any gaming equipment, instruments of gaming, or books, and take notes in relation thereto or copies of or extracts from any such books, require the withdrawal from use of unsatisfactory gaming equipment or the destruction of unsatisfactory instruments of gaming, and, where he deems it necessary, search for, seize and retain potential evidence for production in possible subsequent proceedings in accordance with section 31 of the Gaming and Wagering Commission Act 1987; and

receive, investigate and deal with complaints from casino patrons with respect to any aspect of the operations of a casino, and advise any patron of the result of the complaint; and

exercise any other prescribed function,

Where a member of the Police Force or other person acts in aid of an officer authorised under subsection (2) and at the request of that officer, he is deemed whilst so acting also to have, and to be authorised to exercise, the powers conferred by subsection (2).

Where the Commission thinks fit, the Commission may report to the Minister and make recommendations as to any action that the Commission considers should be taken under section 21B.

Where it appears to the Minister that it is in the public interest that an inquiry be carried out into the affairs, or into particular affairs, of a casino or related matters the Minister may, in writing, direct the Commission to arrange the inquiry and a report on the findings of the inquiry.

Related matters that may be made the subject of an inquiry include —

gaming or betting, whether in the casino or elsewhere; and

suspected corruption; and

the persons concerned in the management or operation of the casino complex, and their relationship with other persons, or a class of persons which includes other persons, who, in the opinion of the Minister, are associated with them or could affect or be in a position to exercise direct or indirect control over the carrying out of any function in, or in relation to, the casino; and

whether or not it is in the public interest that a casino licence, or a casino complex agreement, remain in force.

A direction given under subsection (5) —

shall specify the affairs or matters to be the subject of the inquiry; and

may require the inquiry to be carried out by a person appointed by the Minister.

Where the Commission is directed under subsection (5) to arrange for an inquiry, the Commission shall cause to be published in the Gazette a notice —

specifying the affairs or matters concerned; and

stating the name of the person carrying out the inquiry.

For the purposes of an inquiry carried out at the direction of the Minister under subsection (5), the person carrying out the inquiry has the powers of a Royal Commission and the chairman of a Royal Commission, whether under the Royal Commissions Act 1968 or otherwise, and the provisions of that Act have effect as if they were enacted in this Act with any necessary changes and in terms made applicable to the inquiry by that person.