Gambling Regulation Act 2024
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Further information sought by Authority following receipt of application for gambling licence | ||
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105. (1) The Authority may, where it receives an application for a gambling licence or for renewal of a gambling licence under this Part, request in writing such information from a person referred to in subsection (2) or such further information from the proposed licensee or licensee concerned, as the Authority considers necessary for the purposes of verifying— | ||
(a) information contained in the application and the relevant information and documentation or updated relevant information and documentation, as the case may be, and | ||
(b) that the proposed licensee or licensee, as the case may be, and if applicable, each relevant officer and beneficial owner, is a fit and proper person to be a licensee. | ||
(2) A person referred to in subsection (1) is any person whom the Authority considers has information relevant to the matters which the Authority is seeking to verify in accordance with that subsection and includes— | ||
(a) the Revenue Commissioners, | ||
(b) the Garda Síochána, and | ||
(c) a person outside the State with whom the Authority has entered into an arrangement in accordance with section 106 . | ||
(3) A proposed licensee or licensee, as the case may be, to whom a request is made under subsection (1) shall comply with the request within such period as is specified in that request or within such further period as is agreed between the Authority and the proposed licensee or licensee concerned. | ||
(4) Where a proposed licensee or a licensee, as the case may be, fails or refuses to comply with a request made under subsection (1) within the period referred to in subsection (3), the Authority may treat the application to which the request relates as withdrawn. | ||
(5) Where a person in the State, other than the proposed licensee or licensee concerned, receives a request from the Authority under subsection (1), he or she shall, having received a copy of the relevant consents, provide, to the extent that the information is in his or her possession or power to procure, the information requested within such period as is specified in that request or within such further period as is agreed between the Authority and the person concerned. | ||
(6) Where subparagraph (i) or (ii), or both, of section 96 (1)(j) or paragraph (g) or (h), or both, of section 104 (1) apply in respect of an application made under section 118 , 119 or 121 , the Authority may, for the purpose of enabling it to make a determination of the matters concerned under section 120 or 121 , as the case may be, request such further information from the proposed licensee or licensee concerned as the Authority considers necessary for that purpose. |