Gambling Regulation Act 2024

Information and documentation to accompany application: applications, licences, permits or certificates under relevant Acts

97. (1) In this section, “relevant Acts” means the Act of 1929, the Act of 1931 and the Act of 1956.

(2) The following information is specified for the purposes of section 96 (1)(g):

(a) details of each licence or permit held or previously held under the relevant Acts by the proposed licensee and where applicable, each relevant officer and each beneficial owner of the proposed licensee;

(b) in relation to each licence or permit referred to in paragraph (a), details of any suspension or revocation of such licence or permit and details of any other sanction (howsoever described) imposed, under the relevant Acts or under any other enactment, on the holder of the licence or permit concerned by virtue of being such holder;

(c) a statement in respect of the proposed licensee, and, where applicable, each relevant officer and each beneficial owner of the proposed licensee, as the case may be, of any refusal of—

(i) an application for a licence or permit under the relevant Acts and the reasons given for such refusal,

(ii) a certificate of personal fitness under the Act of 1931 or revocation of such a certificate under that Act and the reasons given for such refusal or revocation, as the case may be;

(d) where a licence is held under the Act of 1931, a statement confirming whether there are any applications made but not determined under section 16 of that Act for an order that the licence concerned be revoked;

(e) where a licence or permit is held under the Act of 1956, a statement confirming whether there are any applications made but not determined under section 46 of that Act for an order that the licence or permit concerned be revoked or suspended;

(f) a statement in respect of a proposed licensee, or where applicable, a relevant officer or beneficial owner of the proposed licensee, who holds or held a licence under the Act of 1931 as to whether the holder concerned—

(i) unreasonably refused to pay winnings to a person or persons to whom the winnings were due, or

(ii) unreasonably refused to refund deposits made by persons who won at betting engaged in with that holder, in circumstances where that holder unreasonably refused to pay sums due to such persons;

(g) where applicable, a statement confirming that the proposed licensee or a relevant officer or a beneficial owner of a proposed licensee was a relevant officer of a body corporate that holds or held a licence under the Act of 1931 when it—

(i) unreasonably refused to pay winnings to a person or persons to whom the winnings were due, or

(ii) unreasonably refused to refund deposits made by persons who won at betting engaged in with that holder, in circumstances where that holder unreasonably refused to pay sums due to such persons.