(1) The Authority shall carry out, or arrange for a suitably qualified person to carry out, an assessment of the information referred to in paragraph (b) of section 102(1), and the supporting documentation and other evidence furnished with that information in accordance with paragraph (d) of that section, for the purpose of satisfying itself that the software to be used would enable the proposed licensee concerned to view, in real time, information on the National Gambling Exclusion Register which would affect the licensee concerned.

(2) Where at the time of making an application referred to in section 96(1)(k) or at the time of making an application for renewal referred to in section 104(1)(b), standards referred to in paragraph (c) of section 102(1) are in effect, the Authority shall carry out, or arrange for a suitably qualified person to carry out, an assessment of the information provided under that paragraph, and the supporting documentation and other evidence furnished with that information in accordance with paragraph (d) of that section, for the purposes specified in subsection (3).

(3) The purposes referred to in subsection (2) are to enable the Authority to satisfy itself -

(a) where the software used or to be used has been manufactured or adapted by the proposed licensee, that the software meets any standards in effect in accordance with subsection (2) or (4) of section 123 in relation to the matters referred to in subsection (1)(a)(ii) of that section,