National Gambling Act, 2004 (Act No. 7 of 2004)Chapter 3 : Jurisdiction and LicensingPart B : National licences40. National licence procedures |
| 1) | Upon receiving an application for a national licence, a provincial licensing authority or the board must- |
| a) | notify the other regulatory authority of the application; |
| b) | conduct the investigations prescribed by this Act with respect to probity, technical competence, industry competitiveness or any other prescribed matters; and |
| c) | conduct any prescribed hearings or other proceedings in respect of the application. |
| 2) | After completing the prescribed investigations, hearings or other proceedings required in terms of subsection (1), a provincial licensing authority or the board may- |
| a) | notify the applicant in writing that it refuses to grant the licence applied for; or |
| b) | notify the applicant and the other regulatory authority in the prescribed manner that it proposes to issue the licence as applied for, and specify any conditions of the proposed licence. |
| 3) | A provincial licensing authority that has received a notice in terms of subsection (2)(b) may request the Chief Executive Officer, except in respect of a licence contemplated in section 38(2A)(a), to conduct an oversight evaluation contemplated in section 42. |