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

Chapter 3 : Jurisdiction and Licensing

Part A : Jurisdiction

33. Responsibilities of board

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The board is responsible to-

a)take reasonable steps to ensure—
i)that unlawful activities relating to interactive gambling and unlicensed interactive gambling activities are prevented, detected and prosecuted;
ii)that undertakings made by licensees, holding a licence to make interactive games available, are carried out to the extent required by the licence;
iii)that employees within the interactive gambling industry are licensed to the extent required by this Act;
iv)that each item of interactive gambling equipment or interactive gambling software, being used or made available for use by a licensee, is registered and certified in terms of this Act;
v)that a person providing goods or services to an interactive provider which are integral to the provision of interactive games, holds a certificate of suitability issued by a relevant provincial licensing authority,
vi)the complete and timely collection and remittance of taxes, levies and fees relating to interactive gambling activities;
b)approve internal control systems for licensees, which must include—
i)accounting systems; and
ii)administrative procedures for the conduct of interactive games;
c)inspect websites at which interactive gambling is conducted and premises where interactive gambling equipment and software are located;
d)inspect interactive gambling equipment and interactive gambling software used for any activity that is permitted in terms of a national licence;
e)enforce this Act in respect of—
i)premises, activities or prescribed devices licensed by the board; and
ii)offences;
f)supervise and enforce compliance by licensees with the obligations of accountable institutions in terms of the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, to the extent required by that Act, in so far as it applies to the gambling industry;
g)review licences and the activities of licensees in the prescribed manner; and
h)suspend or revoke any national licence issued by the board in accordance with section 43(3);
i)evaluate-
i)the issuing of national licences by provincial licensing authorities; and
ii)the compliance monitoring of licensees by provincial licensing authorities;
j)conduct oversight evaluations of the performance of provincial licensing authorities in the manner envisaged in section 34, so as to ensure that the national norms and standards established by this Act are applied uniformly and consistently throughout the Republic; and
k)assist provincial licensing authorities to ensure that unlicensed gambling activities are detected in the manner envisaged in section 66(2) and (3),

as provided for in Part B of this Chapter.