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

Schedule : Transitional Provisions

5. Development of interactive gambling policy and law

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1)The board must establish a committee to consider and report on national policy to regulate interactive gambling within the Republic, and may include with its report any draft national law that the committee may consider advisable.

 

2)Despite section 71(2), the committee constituted in terms of this item may include-
a)representatives of provincial licensing authorities; and
b)other persons, whether or not those persons are members of the board.

 

3)Section 71(3) and (4) apply to the committee constituted in terms of this item.

 

4)The committee constituted in terms of this item must report jointly to the board and the Council within one year after the effective date.

 

5)Within two years after the effective date, the Minister, after considering the report of the committee and any recommendations of the board or the Council, must introduce legislation in Parliament to regulate interactive gambling within the Republic.