Malta Gaming Authority Publishes Guidance Document On The Application Of Enforcement Measures

On the 26th November 2019, the Malta Gaming Authority (''MGA'') published an Explanatory Note setting out the principles which should guide the MGA in its application of enforcement measures when a breach occurs. This Explanatory Note substitutes the Explanatory Note which was issued in May 2016 on the Quantification of Administrative Fines.

In terms of Article 5(1) of the Gaming Act (Chapter 583 of the Laws of Malta) (''the Act''), the MGA is entitled to impose different types of enforcement measures for non-compliance with the Act or any other regulatory instrument. Article 8 of the Gaming Compliance and Enforcement Regulations – S.L. 583.06 (''Regulations'') lays down the different types of enforcement measures which the MGA may impose varying from the issuance of a warning up to the filing of a report with the Executive Police to institute criminal proceedings, depending on whether such breaches are administrative or criminal in nature.