New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC LOTTERIES ACT 1996 - SECT 11

11 Considerations for grant of operator licence

(1) The Minister is not to grant an operator licence to a person (
"the applicant" ) unless satisfied that the applicant and each close associate of the applicant is a suitable person to be concerned in or associated with the management and operation of the business (the
"lottery business" ) to be conducted under the licence.

(2) For the purpose of determining suitability to be concerned in or associated with the management and operation of a lottery business the Minister is to consider whether--

(a) the applicant and each close associate is of good repute, having regard to character, honesty and integrity, and

(b) the applicant and each close associate is of sound and stable financial background, and

(c) the applicant has, or has arranged, a satisfactory ownership or corporate structure, and

(d) the applicant has or is able to obtain financial resources that are both suitable and adequate for ensuring the financial viability of the lottery business, and

(e) the applicant has or is able to obtain the services of persons who have sufficient experience in the management and operation of a lottery business, and

(f) the applicant has sufficient business ability to establish and maintain a successful lottery business, and

(g) the applicant has sufficient technical expertise and resources to conduct lotteries of the kind to be conducted as part of the lottery business, and

(h) the applicant or any close associate has any business association with any person, body or association who, in the opinion of the Minister, is not of good repute having regard to character, honesty and integrity or has undesirable or unsatisfactory financial sources, and

(i) each director, partner, executive officer and secretary and any other officer or person determined by the Minister to be associated or connected with the ownership, administration or management of the operations of the lottery business of the applicant is a suitable person to act in that capacity.

(3) This section does not limit the matters that the Minister can consider in determining suitability to be concerned in or associated with the management and operation of a lottery business and does not limit the matters that the Minister can consider in deciding whether to grant an operator licence to the applicant.