sec.20Suitability of casino licensee and other persons

### sec.20 Suitability of casino licensee and other persons Prior to an agreement being entered into, the Minister shall cause to be undertaken such investigations as are necessary to satisfy the Governor in Council or shall require the casino licensee and all persons whether natural persons or not associated or connected or to be associated or connected, in the opinion of the Minister, with the ownership, administration or management of the operations or business of the casino licensee to satisfy the Governor in Council that such casino licensee and such persons as aforesaid are suitable persons to be associated or connected with the management and operations of a hotel-casino complex or casino having regard to the following matters appropriate to them respectively, that is to say— that each person in question is of good repute, having regard to character, honesty and integrity; that each person in question is of sound and stable financial background; in the case of the casino licensee not being a natural person—that it has arranged or, as the circumstances require, has, in an appropriate case, a satisfactory ownership, trust or corporate structure; that the casino licensee has or is able to obtain or, where constituted by more than 1 person, together have or are able to obtain— financial resources that are adequate to ensure the financial viability of the hotel-casino complex; and the services of persons who have sufficient experience in the management and operation of a hotel-casino complex; that the casino licensee has or, where constituted by more than 1 person, together have sufficient business ability to establish and maintain or to maintain, as the case may be, a successful hotel-casino complex; that none of them has any business association with any person, body or association who or that, in the opinion of the Governor in Council after investigation made or caused to be made by the Minister, is not of good repute having regard to character, honesty and integrity or has undesirable or unsatisfactory financial sources; that each director, partner, trustee, executive officer and secretary and any other officer or person determined by the Minister associated or connected or to be associated or connected with the ownership, administration or management of the operations or business of the casino licensee is a suitable person as or to be such director, partner, trustee, executive officer, secretary or other officer or person in the person’s respective capacity; such other matters with respect to which the Governor in Council determines the Governor in Council should be satisfied in the particular case. Nothing contained in subsection (1) operates to require the Minister to cause investigations to be undertaken or to require the casino licensee or other persons referred to in that subsection to satisfy the Governor in Council with respect to any matter where such investigations have been undertaken or the casino licensee or any other person as aforesaid has satisfied the Governor in Council with respect to that matter pursuant to a requirement prior to the commencement of this Act. If, for an investigation about a person under this section, the Minister asks the police commissioner for a written report about the person’s criminal history, the commissioner must give the report to the Minister. However, the report is required to contain only criminal history in the commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access. s 20 amd 1997 No. 57 s 8 ; 2024 No. 10 s 5 (sec.20-ssec.1) Prior to an agreement being entered into, the Minister shall cause to be undertaken such investigations as are necessary to satisfy the Governor in Council or shall require the casino licensee and all persons whether natural persons or not associated or connected or to be associated or connected, in the opinion of the Minister, with the ownership, administration or management of the operations or business of the casino licensee to satisfy the Governor in Council that such casino licensee and such persons as aforesaid are suitable persons to be associated or connected with the management and operations of a hotel-casino complex or casino having regard to the following matters appropriate to them respectively, that is to say— that each person in question is of good repute, having regard to character, honesty and integrity; that each person in question is of sound and stable financial background; in the case of the casino licensee not being a natural person—that it has arranged or, as the circumstances require, has, in an appropriate case, a satisfactory ownership, trust or corporate structure; that the casino licensee has or is able to obtain or, where constituted by more than 1 person, together have or are able to obtain— financial resources that are adequate to ensure the financial viability of the hotel-casino complex; and the services of persons who have sufficient experience in the management and operation of a hotel-casino complex; that the casino licensee has or, where constituted by more than 1 person, together have sufficient business ability to establish and maintain or to maintain, as the case may be, a successful hotel-casino complex; that none of them has any business association with any person, body or association who or that, in the opinion of the Governor in Council after investigation made or caused to be made by the Minister, is not of good repute having regard to character, honesty and integrity or has undesirable or unsatisfactory financial sources; that each director, partner, trustee, executive officer and secretary and any other officer or person determined by the Minister associated or connected or to be associated or connected with the ownership, administration or management of the operations or business of the casino licensee is a suitable person as or to be such director, partner, trustee, executive officer, secretary or other officer or person in the person’s respective capacity; such other matters with respect to which the Governor in Council determines the Governor in Council should be satisfied in the particular case. (sec.20-ssec.2) Nothing contained in subsection (1) operates to require the Minister to cause investigations to be undertaken or to require the casino licensee or other persons referred to in that subsection to satisfy the Governor in Council with respect to any matter where such investigations have been undertaken or the casino licensee or any other person as aforesaid has satisfied the Governor in Council with respect to that matter pursuant to a requirement prior to the commencement of this Act. (sec.20-ssec.3) If, for an investigation about a person under this section, the Minister asks the police commissioner for a written report about the person’s criminal history, the commissioner must give the report to the Minister. (sec.20-ssec.4) However, the report is required to contain only criminal history in the commissioner’s possession or to which the commissioner has access. - (a) that each person in question is of good repute, having regard to character, honesty and integrity; - (b) that each person in question is of sound and stable financial background; - (c) in the case of the casino licensee not being a natural person—that it has arranged or, as the circumstances require, has, in an appropriate case, a satisfactory ownership, trust or corporate structure; - (d) that the casino licensee has or is able to obtain or, where constituted by more than 1 person, together have or are able to obtain— (i) financial resources that are adequate to ensure the financial viability of the hotel-casino complex; and (ii) the services of persons who have sufficient experience in the management and operation of a hotel-casino complex; - (i) financial resources that are adequate to ensure the financial viability of the hotel-casino complex; and - (ii) the services of persons who have sufficient experience in the management and operation of a hotel-casino complex; - (e) that the casino licensee has or, where constituted by more than 1 person, together have sufficient business ability to establish and maintain or to maintain, as the case may be, a successful hotel-casino complex; - (f) that none of them has any business association with any person, body or association who or that, in the opinion of the Governor in Council after investigation made or caused to be made by the Minister, is not of good repute having regard to character, honesty and integrity or has undesirable or unsatisfactory financial sources; - (g) that each director, partner, trustee, executive officer and secretary and any other officer or person determined by the Minister associated or connected or to be associated or connected with the ownership, administration or management of the operations or business of the casino licensee is a suitable person as or to be such director, partner, trustee, executive officer, secretary or other officer or person in the person’s respective capacity; - (h) such other matters with respect to which the Governor in Council determines the Governor in Council should be satisfied in the particular case. - (i) financial resources that are adequate to ensure the financial viability of the hotel-casino complex; and - (ii) the services of persons who have sufficient experience in the management and operation of a hotel-casino complex;