Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 5.3.19(1) amended by No. 60/2011 s. 60.
(1) Subject to this Part, the Minister must decide whether to make an amendment requested under section 5.3.16, either with or without changes from that originally requested, and must give written notice of the decision to the public lottery licensee and to any public lottery licensee who lodged an objection under section 5.3.18.
S. 5.3.19(1A) inserted by No. 58/2009 s. 85(1).
(1A) The Minister may, at any time, decide to make an amendment to the public lottery licence and give written notice of the decision to the public lottery licensee.
S. 5.3.19(1B) inserted by No. 58/2009 s. 85(1).
(1B) Before making an amendment to the public lottery licence under subsection (1A), the Minister must notify the public lottery licensee of the Minister's intention to amend the licence and give the licensee no less than 14 days to make written representations about the intended action.
(2) In deciding whether or not to make an amendment, the Minister must have regard to any objections lodged under section 5.3.18, and must take into account whether, in his or her opinion, the amendment—
(a) is in the public interest; and
(b) is consistent with the tenor of the original licence; and
(c) would have an unduly adverse effect on any other public lottery licence.
(3) As a condition of making a requested amendment, the Minister may require the licensee to pay to the State a premium determined by the Minister that reflects the increased value of the licence as amended.
S. 5.3.19(4) substituted by No. 54/2006 s. 12(2).
(4) If the Minister amends a licence under this section, the Minister must cause—
(a) notice of the amendment to be published, as soon as practicable after the licence is amended, in the Government Gazette and a newspaper circulating generally in Victoria; and
(b) a copy of the amendment to be—
(i) given to the Commission as soon as practicable after the licence is amended; and
(ii) laid before each House of the Parliament within 7 sitting days of the House after the licence is amended.
S. 5.3.19(4A) inserted by No. 54/2006 s. 12(2).
(4A) The Commission must cause a copy of the amendment, or the licence as amended, to be made available on its website as soon as practicable after receiving the copy of the amendment.
S. 5.3.19(5) amended by No. 58/2009 s. 85(3).
(5) An amendment takes effect when notice of the decision to make the amendment is given to the licensee under subsection (1) or (1A) or on a later date specified in the notice.
S. 5.3.19A inserted by No. 60/2011 s. 61.