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GAMBLING REGULATION ACT 2003 - SECT 3.4.38

Definitions

In this Division—

"applicant" means applicant for the monitoring licence;

S. 3.4.38 def. of application amended by No. 58/2009 s. 28(a).

"application" means an application for the monitoring licence;

S. 3.4.38 def. of
contact inserted by No. 60/2011 s. 44.

"contact" includes telephone contact, written contact, face-to-face contact and email contact or contact by other electronic means;

S. 3.4.38 def. of government representative inserted by No. 60/2011 s. 44.

"government representative" means—

        (a)     the Premier or another Minister;

        (b)     a Parliamentary Secretary;

        (c)     a person employed under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

        (d)     a ministerial officer employed under Division 1 of Part 6 of the Public Administration Act 2004 ;

        (e)     the Secretary;

        (f)     a person nominated and engaged by the Secretary under Part 1A of Chapter 10 for the purposes of assisting the Secretary with his or her obligations under this Division or Division 1B or 1C of Part 4 of Chapter 10;

S. 3.4.38 def. of interested person inserted by No. 60/2011 s. 44, substituted by No. 1/2021 s. 11(b).

"interested person" means—

        (a)     a possible invitee; or

        (b)     a pending applicant; or

        (c)     an applicant; or

        (d)     the monitoring licensee; or

        (e)     an associate of a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); or

        (f)     an officer, employee, agent or contractor of—

              (i)     a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d); or

              (ii)     an associate of a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d);

S. 3.4.38 def. of
licence awarding process inserted by No. 60/2011 s. 44, substituted by No. 1/2021 s. 11(c).

"licence awarding process" means the following—

        (a)     the Minister's decision to invite a person to apply for the monitoring licence;

        (b)     the Minister's determination whether to grant or refuse an application for the monitoring licence;

        (c)     the preparation or making of a recommendation or report, or any other thing that may be or is required to be done under the Act, for the purpose of the Minister making a decision or determination referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);

S. 3.4.38 def. of lobbying activity inserted by No. 60/2011 s. 44.

"lobbying activity" means—

        (a)     in relation to a licence awarding process, contact with a government representative for the purpose of influencing a decision or thing to be done under that process;

        (b)     in relation to a request to amend the monitoring licence under section 3.4.59B, contact with a government representative for the purpose of influencing the Minister's decision whether to make an amendment to the monitoring licence;

S. 3.4.38 def. of lobbyist inserted by No. 60/2011 s. 44, amended by No. 43/2012 s. 3(Sch. item 22.2).

"lobbyist" means a person or organisation—

        (a)     that carries out a lobbying activity for or on behalf of a third party client; or

        (b)     whose employees or contractors carry out a lobbying activity for or on behalf of a third party client;

S. 3.4.38 def. of monitoring services inserted by No. 58/2009 s. 28(b), repealed by No. 4/2014 s. 16.

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S. 3.4.38 def. of monitoring services provider inserted by No. 58/2009 s. 28(b), amended by No. 28/2022 s. 24. [3]

"monitoring services provider" means a person appointed under section 3.4.59LF or  3.4.59LG;

S. 3.4.38 def. of pending applicant inserted by No. 1/2021 s. 11(a).

"pending applicant "means a person the Minister has invited to apply for the monitoring licence but that has not applied for the monitoring licence under section 3.4.42;

S. 3.4.38 def. of possible invitee inserted by No. 1/2021 s. 11(a).

"possible invitee "means a person the Minister is considering inviting to apply for the monitoring licence.

New s. 3.4.39 inserted by No. 29/2009 s. 23.



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