Casino Control Act 2006 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Licensing of Casinos
45A. Evaluation panel to form opinion on integrated resort
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The Minister may appoint 3 or more persons to form an evaluation panel to evaluate the following, in relation to any integrated resort:
Minister
“Minister”, except in section 45A and Parts 9 and 10, means the Minister charged with the responsibility for gambling suppression;
the visitor appeal of the integrated resort;
the comparability of the integrated resort or any part thereof to similar attractions or facilities internationally or to the prevailing industry standards in respect of each such attraction or facility;
the degree to which the integrated resort or any attraction or facility therein meets the prevailing market demand in respect of the integrated resort, attraction or facility;
the ability of the integrated resort and its attractions and facilities to remain competitive, having regard to future developments in the industry and market;
the contribution of the integrated resort to the tourism industry in Singapore.
Each member of the evaluation panel is to be appointed on such conditions and for such term as the Minister may determine.
panel
“panel” means the panel of assessors constituted under section 157(2);
The Minister may appoint a secretary and such other officers as may be required to enable the evaluation panel to carry out its functions under this section.
In formulating its opinion on the matters in subsection (1) in relation to any integrated resort, the evaluation panel must call for and consider the views of the applicant for the casino licence and any party to the Development Agreement concerning that integrated resort and may also do all or any of the following:
integrated resort
“integrated resort” means a development comprising hotel, retail, dining, entertainment, recreation and other facilities, and of which a casino may be a part;
request the applicant for the casino licence to furnish one or more of the following:
revenue and other financial information on the integrated resort, including such itemised information about each attraction in the integrated resort;
the reinvestment plans or maintenance plans for any part of the integrated resort;
any survey carried out about a performance indicator for any aspect of the integrated resort;
such other documents or information relating to the integrated resort as the evaluation panel may consider necessary;
enter any part of the integrated resort and inspect it;
call for and consider the views of persons with the necessary experience or expertise;
assess the quality of the integrated resort, or any part thereof, against such performance indicators and standards, and using such methodology, as may be prescribed.
The evaluation panel must, upon the conclusion of its evaluation —
give the Authority its opinion on the matters in subsection (1); and
state, in its opinion, when the next evaluation should be carried out.
Nothing in this section shall prejudice the enforcement of any right or claim by or against any party to a Development Agreement arising out of an opinion of the evaluation panel under subsection (5).
Development Agreement
“Development Agreement” means an agreement in writing by a statutory body to lease a designated site to a person (referred to hereinafter as the lessee) for the development of an integrated resort thereon by the lessee on the terms and conditions stated in the agreement, and includes any supplemental agreement or other document amplifying or modifying those terms and conditions;
The Minister may make regulations generally for the carrying out of or giving effect to the purposes of this section, and may prescribe anything required or permitted to be prescribed under this section.
In this section, “Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for tourism development and promotion.