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Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Licensing of casino gambling - Certificates of approval

169: Surrender of certificate of approval

You could also call this:

"Returning a cancelled or suspended approval certificate to the authorities"

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If you have a certificate of approval, you must give it back to the Secretary if they cancel or suspend it. You can also choose to give it back to the Secretary by sending them a notice with the certificate. If the Secretary cancels or suspends your certificate and you do not give it back, you can get in trouble and have to pay a fine of up to $500.

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Part 2Gambling
Licensing of casino gambling: Certificates of approval

169Surrender of certificate of approval

  1. The holder of a certificate of approval—

  2. must surrender the certificate of approval to the Secretary if the Secretary cancels or suspends it; or
    1. may surrender the certificate of approval to the Secretary by notice accompanied by the certificate of approval.

      1. A person who fails to comply with subsection (1)(a) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500.

      Compare
      • 1990 No 62 s 94
      Notes
      • Section 169(2): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).