§ 110 — Power to obtain information

110.—(1) The powers in this section may be exercised only in relation to any of the following: (a)

any licensee or class licensee;

(b)

any gambling service agent of a licensee;

(c)

any employee or former employee of a licensee, class licensee or gambling service agent of a licensee;

(d)

an individual who is or was a responsible executive of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);

(e)

an individual who is or was a category 1 key officer of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);

(f)

any individual found on any premises entered into under section 108;

(g)

any driver, pilot or other person in charge of the conveyance, or a person in possession of the conveyance, stopped or detained under section 109.

(2) A police officer, an authorised officer or a compliance officer may by written notice require any person mentioned in subsection (1) to provide, within a reasonable period specified in the notice, and in such form and manner as may be specified in the notice, all documents and all information or material which —(a)

relate to any matter which the Authority, police officer, authorised officer or compliance officer considers necessary for any of the purposes of section 103(1); and

(b)

are —(i)

within the knowledge of that person; or

(ii)

in the custody or under the control of the person.

(3) The power to require a person mentioned in subsection (1) to provide any document or any information or material under subsection (2) includes the power —(a)

to require that person to produce or grant access to the document or the information or material;

(b)

to require that person to provide an explanation of the document or the information or material;

(c)

if the document or the information or material is not produced, to require the person to state, to the best of the knowledge and belief of that person where it is; and

(d)

if the information or material is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the information or material to be made available to a police officer, an authorised officer or a compliance officer concerned in legible form.

(4) A police officer, an authorised officer or a compliance officer (as the case may be) is entitled without payment to keep for the purposes of section 103(1) any document or information or material, or any copy or extract thereof, provided to him or her under subsection (2).

—(1) The powers in this section may be exercised only in relation to any of the following: (a)

any licensee or class licensee;

(b)

any gambling service agent of a licensee;

(c)

any employee or former employee of a licensee, class licensee or gambling service agent of a licensee;

(d)

an individual who is or was a responsible executive of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);

(e)

an individual who is or was a category 1 key officer of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);

(f)

any individual found on any premises entered into under section 108;

(g)

any driver, pilot or other person in charge of the conveyance, or a person in possession of the conveyance, stopped or detained under section 109.

(2) A police officer, an authorised officer or a compliance officer may by written notice require any person mentioned in subsection (1) to provide, within a reasonable period specified in the notice, and in such form and manner as may be specified in the notice, all documents and all information or material which —(a)

relate to any matter which the Authority, police officer, authorised officer or compliance officer considers necessary for any of the purposes of section 103(1); and

(b)

are —(i)

within the knowledge of that person; or

(ii)

in the custody or under the control of the person.

(3) The power to require a person mentioned in subsection (1) to provide any document or any information or material under subsection (2) includes the power —(a)

to require that person to produce or grant access to the document or the information or material;

(b)

to require that person to provide an explanation of the document or the information or material;

(c)

if the document or the information or material is not produced, to require the person to state, to the best of the knowledge and belief of that person where it is; and

(d)

if the information or material is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the information or material to be made available to a police officer, an authorised officer or a compliance officer concerned in legible form.

(4) A police officer, an authorised officer or a compliance officer (as the case may be) is entitled without payment to keep for the purposes of section 103(1) any document or information or material, or any copy or extract thereof, provided to him or her under subsection (2).