Determination of application
24B.—(1)  For the purpose of determining whether an applicant is suitable to be an approved test service provider, the Authority shall have regard to whether —
(a)the applicant or any associate of the applicant is of good repute, having regard to character, honesty and integrity;
(b)the applicant or any associate of the applicant is of sound and stable financial background;
(c)the applicant has sufficient technical capability to test any gaming equipment for compliance with technical standards and other requirements issued by the Authority under these Regulations in relation to gaming equipment;
(d)the applicant or any associate of the applicant has any business association with any person, body or association who or which, in the opinion of the Authority, is not of good repute having regard to character, honesty and integrity or has undesirable or unsatisfactory financial resources;
(e)the suitability of each director, partner, executive officer and any other officer of the applicant or person determined by the Authority to be associated or connected with the ownership, administration or management of the operations or business of the applicant supplying testing services in relation to any gaming equipment to act in that capacity;
(f)the applicant or any associate of the applicant has any undesirable or unsatisfactory financial resources; or
(g)the applicant or any associate of the applicant has a consistent track record of compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements applicable to it, whether in relation to its business as a provider of testing services or otherwise and whether in Singapore or elsewhere.
(2)  The Authority may, if it is satisfied that the applicant is suitable having regard to the matters in paragraph (1), by a letter issued to the applicant approve the applicant to be an approved test service provider subject to such conditions (including conditions designating any test facilities where testing services can be carried out) as the Authority may impose.
[S 64/2013 wef 31/01/2013]