(3) Subject to subsections (7) and (8), before exercising any powers under this section, the Minister must give written notice to the exempt operator concerned—
- (a) stating that the Minister intends to impose a regulatory sanction on the exempt operator;
- (b) specifying the type of regulatory sanction the Minister proposes to impose, and each instance of non‑compliance, conviction or act or omission that is the subject of the regulatory sanction; and
- (c) specifying the time (being not less than 14 days after the date of service of notice on the exempt operator) within which written representations may be made to the Minister with respect to the proposed regulatory sanction.
(4) The Minister may, after considering any written representation under subsection (3)(c), impose such regulatory sanction on the exempt operator as the Minister considers appropriate by giving written notice to the exempt operator of that regulatory sanction and without payment of any compensation.
(5) Any regulatory sanction specified in the notice given under subsection (4) takes effect from the date on which that notice is given, or on such later date as may be specified in the notice.
(6) A letter of censure may censure the exempt operator in respect of any matter connected with its business of providing a remote gambling service and may include a direction to the exempt operator to rectify within a specified time any matter giving rise to the letter of censure.
(7) If any direction given under subsection (6) is not complied with within the specified time, the Minister may, without giving the exempt operator a further opportunity to make written representations, by written notice given to the exempt operator—
- (a) revoke or suspend (for not more than 6 months) that exempt operator’s certificate of exemption;
- (b) vary the conditions of that exempt operator’s certificate of exemption; or
