§ 77 — Restriction on transfer of gaming machine, etc., approval

77.—(1) An approval granted under section 74, and any rights, benefits or privileges under the approval, are not transferable or assignable to any other person unless —(a)

the approval contains a condition authorising the transfer or assignment; and

(b)

the Authority consents in writing to the transfer or assignment.

(2) Any consent under subsection (1) may be given subject to compliance with such conditions as the Authority thinks fit to impose, which may include conditions modifying, or requiring or otherwise providing for the making of modifications to, the conditions of an approval granted under section 74.

(3) A transfer or an assignment, or purported transfer or assignment, of an approval granted under section 74, or of any rights, benefits or privileges under the approval, is void and of no effect —(a)

if the approval granted under section 74 is not capable of transfer or assignment;

(b)

if the transfer or assignment, or purported transfer or assignment, is in breach of a condition of the approval; or

(c)

if there has, before the transfer or assignment or purported transfer or assignment, been a contravention of a condition subject to compliance with which the consent required by subsection (1) is given.

—(1) An approval granted under section 74, and any rights, benefits or privileges under the approval, are not transferable or assignable to any other person unless —(a)

the approval contains a condition authorising the transfer or assignment; and

(b)

the Authority consents in writing to the transfer or assignment.

(2) Any consent under subsection (1) may be given subject to compliance with such conditions as the Authority thinks fit to impose, which may include conditions modifying, or requiring or otherwise providing for the making of modifications to, the conditions of an approval granted under section 74.

(3) A transfer or an assignment, or purported transfer or assignment, of an approval granted under section 74, or of any rights, benefits or privileges under the approval, is void and of no effect —(a)

if the approval granted under section 74 is not capable of transfer or assignment;

(b)

if the transfer or assignment, or purported transfer or assignment, is in breach of a condition of the approval; or

(c)

if there has, before the transfer or assignment or purported transfer or assignment, been a contravention of a condition subject to compliance with which the consent required by subsection (1) is given.