Unlawful Gambling Act 2009

In deciding whether an applicant is a suitable organisation to hold an approval, the commission may have regard to any relevant matter, including the following:

the business reputation of the organisation;

the character and business reputation of anyone who—

is a member of the organisation’s management committee; or

the organisation proposes to engage to assist it to promote or conduct the game or the event at which it is to be conducted;

the financial background and current financial position of the organisation;

the financial background and current financial position of anyone who—

is a member of the organisation’s management committee; or

the organisation proposes to engage to assist it to promote or conduct the game or the event at which it is to be conducted;

anything else prescribed by regulation.

An applicant is taken not to be a suitable organisation to hold an approval if—

the applicant has been refused approval, or had an approval cancelled, at any time in the 12 months before the application is made; or

the applicant, or an agent or employee of the applicant, has at any time in the 5 years before the application is made, contravened this Act or a condition of an approval (whether or not convicted or found guilty of an offence in relation to the contravention).

However, despite subsection (2), the commission may decide that the applicant is a suitable organisation to hold an approval if satisfied that—

the conduct of the game would not be adversely affected if the commission decided that the applicant was a suitable organisation to hold the approval; and

it is otherwise in the public interest that the conduct of the game be approved.