Gambling Act 2003

Preliminary provisions

8: Secretary may seek information to assess influence

You could also call this:

"The Government can ask you for information to check if you have too much control over a casino."

The Secretary can ask for information if they think you might have a lot of influence in a casino. They will tell you and the casino licence holder about their thoughts. You can then give the Secretary information and your thoughts about this within one month.

The Secretary will look at what you say and decide if you really do have a lot of influence in the casino. They make this decision after considering what you and others tell them. The Secretary's decision about when your influence started does not stop them from deciding you had influence earlier.

If the Secretary decides you have a lot of influence, this decision can start from a specific date. You can give the Secretary information to help them make a decision. The Secretary will use this information to make their decision about your influence in the casino.

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7: Meaning of significant influence in casino, or

"What it means to have a big say in how a casino is run"

8AA: Transitional, savings, and related provisions, or

"Special rules that help when the law changes"

Part 1Preliminary provisions

8Secretary may seek information to assess influence

If the Secretary believes, on reasonable grounds, that a particular person may have a significant influence in a casino, the Secretary may advise that person and the holder of, or applicant for, or proposed transferee or alienee of, the relevant casino licence of that belief.
The person believed to have a significant influence in a casino or other person to whom the Secretary has given advice may provide the Secretary with information and submissions about that belief within 1 month of receiving advice of that belief.
The Secretary may then determine whether or not the person has a significant influence in a casino, having regard to submissions and information provided under subsection (2).
A determination under subsection (3) that a person has a significant influence in a casino from a particular date does not prevent the Secretary deciding that a person had a significant influence before that date.