Casino Control Act 2006 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10 · National Council on Problem Gambling
158. Committee to consider and determine applications for family exclusion orders and visit limits
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A Committee must consider and determine in accordance with this Part all applications for family exclusion orders or family visit limits referred to the Committee under section 159(2) or 163A(2), as the case may be.
Committee
“Committee” means any Committee of Assessors for the time being constituted under section 157(1);
Before a Committee makes any determination against any person under subsection (1), the Committee must, by a written notice, give the person a reasonable opportunity to object to the family exclusion order or family visit limit applied for.
family exclusion order
“family exclusion order” means a family exclusion order made under section 162(1), and includes —(a)a family exclusion order made under section 162(1) read with section 165C(1), in the respondent’s absence; and(b)a family exclusion order made in substitution of a family visit limit under section 166A(2)(b);
No party to any proceedings before a Committee may be represented by an advocate and solicitor except that the person making the application on behalf of an applicant under section 160 or 161 may represent the applicant before a Committee although that person may be an advocate and solicitor.
A Committee has the power to —
where a hearing is held for the application, summon any person whom it may consider able to give evidence to attend at the hearing, and examine such person as a witness;
require any person to furnish such information or produce such document, record or article in the possession or under control of that person as the Committee considers relevant for the purposes of the proceedings; and
inspect, keep or make copies of such record, document or article.
Every person examined as a witness by or before a Committee or required to furnish any information or produce any document, record or article by a Committee is, despite any written law or rule of law relating to the confidentiality of medical information or any rule of practice relating to client confidentiality, legally bound to state the truth and to produce such records, documents or articles as the Committee may require for the purposes of carrying out its functions and duties under this Part.
record
“record” includes any book, account, document, paper or other source of information compiled, recorded or stored in written form, or on microfilm, or by electronic process, or in any other matter or by any other means;
In proceedings under this Part, a Committee is to decide questions of fact on a balance of probabilities.
A Committee is not bound by the strict rules of evidence and may determine the conduct of its proceedings.
[Deleted by Act 29 of 2024 wef 21/09/2026]