New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC LOTTERIES ACT 1996 - SECT 44

44 Licensee or agent not to accept entry or payment from minor

(1) A licensee or agent who accepts from a person who is under the age of 18 years, whether personally, by mail, by electronic means or otherwise, a subscription to a public lottery is guilty of an offence.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under this section if the defendant proves that the defendant had no reason to believe, and did not believe, that the person from whom the defendant accepted the subscription was under the age of 18 years.