Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

GAMING MACHINE ACT 2004 - SECT 163N

    (1)     The Minister must not appoint a person, or must end an appointment of a person, to the advisory board if—

        (a)     the person, or the person's domestic partner, is an influential person for a licensee that is a club; or

        (b)     the person is an employee, representative or board member of an industry association for clubs; or

        (c)     the person has been convicted, or found guilty, of an offence against a gaming law; or

        (d)     within the last 5 years, the person has been convicted, or found guilty, of —

              (i)     an offence in Australia punishable by imprisonment for at least 1 year; or

              (ii)     an offence outside Australia that, if it had been committed in the ACT, would have been punishable by imprisonment for at least 1 year; or

        (e)     the Minister considers that the person is unlikely to be able to exercise the functions of a member of the board because of the person's business association, financial association or close personal association with another person.

    (2)     The Minister may end an appointment of a person to the advisory board if the person—

        (a)     contravenes a territory law; or

        (b)     fails to take all reasonable steps to avoid being placed in a position where a conflict of interest may arise during the exercise of the person's functions as a member of the board; or

        (c)     is bankrupt or personally insolvent; or

        (d)     is absent from 3 consecutive meetings of the board, otherwise than on approved leave; or

        (e)     is affected by physical or mental incapacity that substantially affects the person's ability to exercise the functions of a member of the board.

    (3)     In this section:

"association", of a person with another person, does not include the person's membership of a club unless the person is involved in managing or running the club.