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National Gambling Act, 2004 (Act No. 7 of 2004)

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Regulations on Limited Payout Machines, 2000

Chapter 2

37. Evaluation criteria for licensing route operators

 

(1) The provincial licensing authority must undertake a proper evaluation and adjudication process based on the criteria contained in the request for application.

 

(2) The process contemplated in subregulation (1) must be transparent and fully documented.

 

(3) At least the following criteria must be considered during the evaluation of applications for route operator licences—
(a) Qualification to hold a licence in terms of national and provincial acts, regulations, rules and standards;
(b) suitability of applicant and persons contemplated in regulation 15, by considering, inter alia
(i) good character and integrity;
(ii) compliance with the law;
(iii) criminal history and prior convictions;
(iv) solvency history;
(iv) associations with unsuitable persons;
(v) licensing history; and
(vi) taxation history;
(c) business plan, comprising inter alia
(i) viability and financing of the project;
(ii) financial resources or access thereto;
(iii) experience and expertise in gambling;
(iv) management competence;
(v) suitability of the source of funding;
(vi) acceptability of key assumptions used in financial projections;
(vii) promotion of national objectives regarding responsible gambling; and
(viii) revenue benefits from taxes and levies;
(d) economic empowerment and community benefits, by considering inter alia–
(i) affirmative action and employment equity;
(ii) level of local participation;
(iii) promotion of small, medium and micro enterprises;
(iv) job creation;
(v) community benefits to be derived from the operation; and
(vi) the extent to which the South African demographic profile is represented in the ownership, control and management structure of the operator, sub-contractors, suppliers, service providers and limited payout machine sites to be operated;
(e) geographical spread of sites; and
(f) the extent to which the applicant is able to demonstrate the achievement of Black economic empowerment through the operation and the selection of the sites, by considering, inter alia
(i) the extent to which historically disadvantaged individuals are represented in the management structure of the business;
(ii) the extent to which historically disadvantaged individuals hold equity in the business;
(iii) the extent to which services, suppliers etc. will be provided by firms owned and operated by historically disadvantaged individuals; and
(iv) plans to educate and transfer skills to historically disadvantaged individuals.