24A.—(1) For the purposes of section 103A of the Act, any person intending to provide any service to test any gaming equipment for use in any casino may apply to the Authority to be an approved test service provider in such form as the Authority may, from time to time provide, which must be accompanied by —
(a)
the appropriate application fee as specified in the First Schedule, which fee is not refundable;
(b)
the disclosure of corporate or individual information in the form as provided by the Authority relating to the applicant and such associate of the applicant as the Authority may specify;
(c)
information on every test facility at which the applicant proposes to test gaming equipment for use in any casino;
(d)
a written statement from the applicant, in such form as the Authority may require, attesting to the impartiality and independence from direction and control of any person in the gaming equipment industry in Singapore or elsewhere of the applicant, its associates and its employees; and
(e)
such other documents as the Authority may require to determine the particular application.
(2) The Authority shall, on receiving an application under paragraph (1), cause to be carried out all such investigations and inquiries in relation to the applicant as it considers necessary to enable it to consider the application properly and, in particular, may —
(a)
investigate the applicant and any person whose association with the applicant is, in the opinion of the Authority, relevant to the application, in relation to the applicant’s suitability to be an approved test service provider; and
(b)
require the applicant or any person whose association with the applicant is, in the opinion of the Authority, relevant to the application to ––
(i)
provide such information or produce such record relevant to the investigation of the application as may be necessary; or
(ii)
furnish such authorisation or consent as the Authority may direct for the purpose of enabling the Authority to obtain information (including financial or other confidential information) concerning the person and his associates from other persons.
(3) The Authority may refuse to consider an application under paragraph (1) if ––
(a)
the application is incomplete;
(b)
any person refuses to allow the investigation or fails to comply with any requirement of the Authority under paragraph (2) in respect of that application; or
(c)
the application fee or the estimated costs of investigation required under regulation 26A(2) are not paid.