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Gambling Act 2003

Gambling - Licensed promoters of class 3 gambling - Other matters

216: Revocation of temporary licence

You could also call this:

"Stopping a temporary gambling licence if it's not working out"

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The Police can ask the Secretary to cancel a temporary licence if they think it is not a good idea for the business to keep running. You might think this if the business is not good for the public, or if the person running the business has been found guilty of a crime related to the business. The Secretary can cancel the licence if they have a good reason to believe one of these reasons is true. When deciding, the Secretary can look at things that happened outside New Zealand, and the cancellation only happens after the Secretary tells the person running the business.

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Part 2Gambling
Licensed promoters of class 3 gambling: Other matters

216Revocation of temporary licence

  1. The Police may apply to the Secretary for an authorisation under section 215(1) to be revoked if there are grounds to believe that—

  2. it is not in the public interest for the business to be carried on; or
    1. the person who is authorised to carry on the business has been convicted of a relevant offence.

      1. The Secretary may revoke the authorisation if the Secretary has good reason to believe that one or both of the grounds in subsection (1) have been established.

      2. In determining whether the grounds in subsection (1) have been established, the Secretary may take into account matters that occurred outside New Zealand.

      3. The revocation does not take effect until the Secretary has notified the person concerned.

      Compare
      • 1977 No 84 s 53(4), (6)