- “grounds for disciplinary action”, in relation to a casino operator, means any of the following grounds:
- (a) that the casino licence was improperly obtained in that, at the time the casino licence was granted, there were grounds for refusing it;
- (b) that the casino operator, a person in charge of the casino, an agent of the casino operator or a casino employee has contravened a provision of this Act or a condition of the casino licence;
- (c) that the casino premises are, for specified reasons attributable to the casino operator, no longer suitable for the conduct of casino operations;
- (d) the casino operator is, for specified reasons attributable to the casino operator, considered to be no longer a suitable person to hold the casino licence having regard to the matters in section 45(2);
- (e) the casino operator has failed to comply with a direction under subsection (7) of section 63 within the time referred to in that subsection to terminate an association with an associate.
(2) The Authority may serve on a casino operator a notice in writing affording the casino operator an opportunity to show cause within 14 days why disciplinary action should not be taken on grounds for disciplinary action specified in the notice.
(3) The casino operator may, within the period allowed by the notice in subsection (2), arrange with the Authority for the making of submissions to the Authority as to why disciplinary action should not be taken and the Authority shall consider any submissions so made.
(4) The Authority may then take such disciplinary action against the casino operator as the Authority sees fit by giving written notice to the casino operator of the disciplinary action that the Authority intends to take.
(5) The cancellation, suspension or variation of a casino licence under this section takes effect when the notice under subsection (4) is given or on a later date specified in the notice.
