(1) The Authority may, where it receives an application for a gambling licence or for renewal of a gambling licence under this Part, request in writing such information from a person referred to in subsection (2) or such further information from the proposed licensee or licensee concerned, as the Authority considers necessary for the purposes of verifying -

(a) information contained in the application and the relevant information and documentation or updated relevant information and documentation, as the case may be, and

(b) that the proposed licensee or licensee, as the case may be, and if applicable, each relevant officer and beneficial owner, is a fit and proper person to be a licensee.

(2) A person referred to in subsection (1) is any person whom the Authority considers has information relevant to the matters which the Authority is seeking to verify in accordance with that subsection and includes -

(a) the Revenue Commissioners,

(b) the Garda Síochána, and