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38 person to provide a Singapore-based remote gambling service with a Singapore‑customer link of such type as is specified in the certificate.

(2) A certificate of exemption may be issued only if the Minister is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.

(3) In determining whether it is in the public interest to issue a certificate of exemption, the Minister may have regard to, and give such weight as the Minister considers appropriate to, all of the following matters:
 * (a) whether the applicant is established, incorporated, registered or otherwise based in Singapore so as to aid the enforcement of any condition of the certificate of exemption, if issued;
 * (b) whether any director or key officer of the applicant has been convicted of one or more offences in Singapore which, in the opinion of the Minister, renders the director or key officer unsuitable to be a director or key officer of an exempt operator;
 * (c) whether the applicant is a not-for-profit entity that distributes the moneys forming part of its funds to public, social or charitable purposes in Singapore;
 * (d) whether the applicant has a consistent track record of compliance with legal and regulatory requirements applicable to it, whether in relation to remote gambling or otherwise and whether in Singapore or elsewhere.

(4) To avoid doubt, the Minister is not confined to consideration of the matters specified in subsection (3) and may take into account such other matters and evidence as may be relevant.

(5) In this section, a “key officer” includes a chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer and any person, by whatever name described, who—
 * (a) is in the direct employment of, or acting for or by arrangement with, an applicant for a certificate of exemption; and