Gambling Regulation Act 2024
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Funding of Social Impact Fund | ||
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54. (1) A licensee, other than a licensee of a gambling licence for a charitable or philanthropic purpose, shall pay an annual contribution to the Authority in respect of the Social Impact Fund. | ||
(2) The contribution payable by a licensee to the Social Impact Fund shall be determined by the Authority in accordance with regulations made by the Minister under subsection (3). | ||
(3) The Minister shall make regulations in relation to the contributions payable by licensees, other than licensees of a gambling licence for a charitable or philanthropic purpose, to the Social Impact Fund and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such regulations— | ||
(a) shall provide— | ||
(i) the percentage of licensees’ turnover which shall be payable as a contribution, and | ||
(ii) the manner in which, and the date by which, contributions shall be made, | ||
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(b) may provide for the payment of contributions by licensees by instalment. | ||
(4) The Authority shall give a licensee liable to pay a contribution a notice in writing specifying— | ||
(a) the contribution payable by the licensee to the Social Impact Fund, and | ||
(b) the manner in which, and the date by which, the contribution is required to be paid to the Authority by the licensee. | ||
(5) Where a contribution to the Social Impact Fund is payable by a licensee pursuant to a notice under subsection (4) and during the year to which the contribution concerned relates, the gambling licence of the licensee is transferred to a person under section 109 , the person to whom the licence is transferred is liable to pay the contribution concerned for that year only to the extent that the full amount of the contribution has not been paid prior to the transfer. | ||
(6) The Authority may recover as a simple contract debt, in any court of competent jurisdiction, from a person by whom a contribution to the Social Impact Fund is payable, any amount due and owing to the Authority in respect of contributions imposed in accordance with this section. |