Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Licensing of casino gambling - Certificates of approval

160: Secretary must investigate application for certificate of approval

You could also call this:

"The Secretary checks your application for a certificate of approval to make sure everything is okay."

When you apply for a certificate of approval, the Secretary gets your application and starts investigating. The Secretary looks into your application to make sure they have all the information they need to make a decision. You might be asked to give more information to support your application, or to have your photograph and fingerprints taken.

The Secretary will send a copy of your application and any other information they have to the Police and other government agencies that they think should know about it. The Police and these agencies will then look into your application and report back to the Secretary. If you do not give the Secretary the information they ask for, or if you refuse to have your fingerprints or photograph taken, the Secretary might not grant your application.

The Secretary will destroy your fingerprints as soon as they have made a decision about your application. If the Secretary sends your fingerprints to the Police or another agency, they must be returned to the Secretary so they can be destroyed.

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Licensing of casino gambling: Certificates of approval

160Secretary must investigate application for certificate of approval

  1. On receiving an application for a certificate of approval, the Secretary must investigate and inquire as the Secretary considers necessary to enable the Secretary to consider the application properly.

  2. Without limiting subsection (1), the Secretary—

  3. may require the applicant to consent to having his or her photograph and fingerprints taken; and
    1. may require the applicant to provide further information to support the application; and
      1. must refer a copy of the application, and any photographs, fingerprints, or other information obtained by the Secretary in the investigation, to the Police and any government agency (not including the Inland Revenue Department) that the Secretary considers relevant.
        1. The Police and any agency to whom the application is referred must inquire into and report to the Secretary on the applicant.

        2. The Secretary may refuse to grant an application if the applicant fails to provide information requested by the Secretary or refuses to have fingerprints or a photograph taken.

        3. Fingerprints provided by the Secretary to the Police or a government agency must be returned to the Secretary for destruction under subsection (6).

        4. Fingerprints required by the Secretary must be destroyed by the Secretary immediately after the Secretary has made a decision as to whether or not to grant a certificate of approval.

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        • 1990 No 62 s 54