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GAMING MACHINE ACT 1991 - SECT 139

139 Grounds for suspension or cancellation

(1) A ground for suspending or cancelling a supplier's licence exists if the licensed supplier, or an associate of the licensed supplier—

(a) is convicted of an offence against this Act; or
(b) is convicted of an indictable offence punishable by imprisonment for at least 1 year (irrespective of whether the offence is also punishable by a fine in addition, or as an alternative, to imprisonment); or
(ba) is required to comply with any written direction given to the licensee or associate by the commission or chief executive, and fails to comply with the direction; or
(bb) is required under this Act to supply information or material to the commission, the chief executive or an inspector, and fails to supply the information or material or supplies information or material that, to the knowledge of the licensee or associate, is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(c) contravenes a provision of this Act (not being a provision a contravention of which is an offence against this Act, or a provision imposing a requirement of a kind mentioned in paragraph (ba) or (bb)); or
(d) fails to discharge the licensed supplier's, or associate's, financial commitments; or
(e) is affected by control action under the Corporations Act; or
(f) helps or induces a licensee to do or fail to do something that constitutes a ground for suspending or cancelling the licensee's gaming machine licence.
Editor's note—
See section 97 (Cancellation or suspension of gaming machine licences and letters of censure).

(2) Also, a ground for suspending or cancelling the supplier's licence exists if—

(a) the licensed supplier is not a suitable person to hold the supplier's licence; or
(b) an associate of the licensed supplier is not a suitable person to be associated with the licensed supplier's supply operations; or
(c) the licensed supplier contravenes a condition of the licence; or
(d) the licence was issued because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration; or
(e) the licensed supplier is a licensed testing facility operator and gives the chief executive a written report of a test of gaming equipment that the supplier knows is false or misleading in a material particular.


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