Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) The Commission must not grant an application for a casino licence or a gaming operator's licence unless satisfied that the applicant, and each associate of the applicant, is a suitable person to be concerned in or associated with the management and operation of a casino or a gaming operation.
(2) In particular, the Commission must consider whether –
(a) each such person is of good repute, having regard to character, honesty and integrity; and
(b) each such person is of sound and stable financial background; and
(c) in the case of an applicant that is not a natural person, the applicant has, or has arranged, a satisfactory ownership, trust or corporate structure; and
(d) the applicant has or is able to obtain financial resources that are adequate to ensure the financial viability of the casino or gaming operation and the services of persons who have sufficient experience in the management and operation of a casino or gaming operation; and
(e) the applicant has sufficient business ability to maintain a successful casino or gaming operation; and
(f) any of those persons has any business association with any person, body or association who or which, in the opinion of the Commission, is not of good repute having regard to character, honesty and integrity or has undesirable or unsatisfactory financial resources; and
(g) each director, partner, trustee, executive officer and secretary and any other officer or person determined by the Commission to be associated or connected with the ownership, administration or management of the operations or business of the applicant is a suitable person to act in that capacity.