Gambling Regulation Act 2024

Transitional arrangement: maintenance of register under section 109 of Act of 2010

258. (1) The Minister shall, on and after the relevant date, continue to maintain the register established for the purposes of section 109 of the Act of 2010 for so long as that Act continues to apply in accordance with this Chapter in respect of a designated person to whom that section applies.

(2) The Authority may, during the period a register is maintained by the Minister in accordance with subsection (1) and before the register is transferred to the Authority under subsection (3), request information from the Minister for the purpose of assisting the Authority in determining a first application for a gambling licence under this Act and the Minister shall comply with a request so made.

(3) A register maintained in accordance with subsection (1) shall, when the obligation to so maintain has concluded, be transferred to the Authority.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Authority may retain the information contained in a register transferred under subsection (3) for the purposes of assisting the Authority in determining a first application for a gambling licence under this Act.

(5) The Authority may retain the information referred to in subsection (4) for a period of 24 months commencing on the date that the register is transferred to it under subsection (3).