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d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, the responsible Member may, in the absence of a Board, exercise and perform the powers and functions of the Board, excluding the granting and revocation of licences.

In addition to this section, the Board must take cognisance of section 49(2) of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 29 of 1999 (PFMA), which states that:

“If the Public Entity

i. has a board or other controlling body, that board or controlling body is the accounting authority for that Entity.”

4.2 The role of the Board is as follows:

a) To promote a culture of responsible gambling in the province. b) To ensure the eradication of all forms of illegal gambling in the province. c) To ensure the creation of an organisation capable of recruiting, retaining, continuously developing its workforce, and aiming at enhancing its effectiveness and employee well-being. d) To ensure the availability of real-time information using technology in support of decision making processes. e) To ensure that the Entity has and maintains an appropriate procurement and provisioning system which is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost effective. f) To ensure that the Entity establishes, implements, and maintains good principles of corporate governance, accounting practices, and sound systems of internal control. g) To ensure that the Entity plans and utilises limited resources economically, efficiently and effectively.

4.3 Board Charter

The Charter was reviewed by the Board during the financial year. In line with the Charter, the Board held quarterly meetings and all members were consistent in terms of attendance.

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