Casino Control Act 1984

Subject to this section, when a casino gaming licence held by a party to a casino complex agreement is —

under section 21B(3)(a) suspended for a period of not less than 90 days, the Minister shall within a period of 7 days of the day of receipt by him of a request from the specified person; or

under section 21B(3)(a) or 21C revoked, the Minister shall within a period of 7 days of the day of that revocation,

Subject to this section, the Minister may on the recommendation of the Commission and shall if the specified person so requests terminate the appointment of an administrator appointed under this section and shall, if he does so and the specified person so requests, appoint on the recommendation of the Commission another person nominated by the specified person to be the administrator of the casino concerned in lieu of the administrator whose appointment is terminated.

An administrator shall operate the licensed casino concerned as the agent of the specified person or as otherwise provided in —

the relevant mortgage, charge or other encumbrance; or

any other relevant agreement approved by the Minister.

An administrator shall while he holds office as such be deemed to be the holder of a casino gaming licence in respect of the premises of the casino concerned subject to —

the same conditions (with any necessary modifications) as those to which the casino gaming licence suspended or revoked under section 21B(3)(a) or 21C is or was subject; and

any other conditions imposed by the Minister from time to time on the recommendation of the Commission.

The Commission may at the request of the specified person approve a person for the purpose of subsection (1) or (2) in advance of his appointment under that subsection.

Subject to subsection (3), an administrator —

may exercise any of the powers, and shall perform all the functions and duties, and has all the obligations, conferred or imposed on a casino licensee by or under this Act or any other Act and any relevant casino complex agreement; and

has, subject to paragraph (a), all the powers necessary or desirable for the efficient operation of the licensed casino concerned; and

ceases to hold office when —

his appointment is terminated under subsection (2); or

in the case of the suspension of a casino gaming licence under section 21B(3)(a), that suspension ends.

In this section —

a mortgagee or, if there is more than one mortgagee, the mortgagee having priority over the other mortgagee or mortgagees; or

if there is at the relevant time no mortgagee, a person specified for the purposes of this definition in an agreement approved by the Minister; or

if there is at the relevant time neither a mortgagee nor a person specified within the meaning of paragraph (b), the owner of the casino complex concerned.

A casino licensee may create a mortgage, charge or other encumbrance over —

its casino gaming licence; or

the whole or any part of the premises of the casino complex concerned, including the premises of the licensed casino to which its casino gaming licence relates; or

its rights and benefits under the relevant casino complex agreement,

A casino licensee shall not dispose of any part of the relevant casino complex to another person unless the other person is approved by the Minister on the recommendation of the Commission.

The Minister may, on the disposition of part of a casino complex to a person approved under subsection (1a) —

release the relevant casino licensee from its obligations under the relevant casino complex agreement in respect of that part; and

by order declare that —

the relevant casino complex agreement does not apply to that part; and

that part ceases to form part of the casino complex,

An order made under subsection (1b) is subsidiary legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1984.

A casino licensee shall not assign its casino gaming licence or any rights, benefits or obligations under the relevant casino complex agreement to another person unless the other person is approved by the Minister on the recommendation of the Commission.

An administrator shall not assign any rights, benefits or obligations under the relevant casino complex agreement, if any, to another person unless the other person is approved by the Minister on the recommendation of the Commission.

If a mortgagee wishes to enforce his security under a mortgage, charge or other encumbrance —

any receiver appointed thereunder shall be; and

the casino gaming licence concerned and any rights, benefits or obligations under a casino complex agreement shall be assigned only to,

The Minister may at the request of a mortgagee approve a receiver for the purpose of subsection (4)(a) in advance of his appointment under the relevant mortgage, charge or other encumbrance.

The Minister may refuse to approve a person (in this subsection called the proposed assignee) for the purpose of subsection (2), (3) or (4)(b) until —

the proposed assignee enters into an agreement with the Minister; and, additionally or alternatively,

another person with whom the Minister considers that he should enter into an agreement in connection with the assignment of a casino gaming licence to the proposed assignee (in this subsection called the proposed assignment) enters into such an agreement with the Minister,

A mortgage, charge or other encumbrance or any disposition or any assignment referred to in this section or any sale or lease made by the mortgagee or assignor or administrator shall be invalid unless approved beforehand by the Minister on the recommendation of the Commission.

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