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TOTALIZATOR ACT 1997 - SECT 86

Offences in respect of bets, tickets etc

86 Offences in respect of bets, tickets etc

Any person who--

(a) having the management or control of any premises or place used in connection with the conduct of a totalizator authorises or permits the premises or place to be constituted or used, or any act or thing to be done or omitted in or in relation to the premises or place in contravention of or failure of compliance with this Act, the regulations or the rules, or
(b) having the management or control of or being employed or acting in any capacity in connection with the conduct of a totalizator accepts from any person any bet that is prohibited by or does not conform to this Act, the regulations or the rules, or
(c) not being a person authorised by the licensee to do so, sells or offers to sell any ticket or acknowledgment issued or purporting to be issued by a licensee in respect of a bet, or
(d) purchases any such ticket or acknowledgment from any person not authorised by a licensee to sell it, or
(e) receives or permits to be received any bet on a totalizator in respect of an event or contingency after the time provided by the rules as the closing time for acceptance of bets on the event or contingency, or
(f) being an agent of a licensee required to account to a licensee for his or her operations in respect of an event or contingency, fails to do so, or
(g) not being a person authorised by the licensee to do so, represents (whether personally or by employees or agents) to other persons that the person is willing to take bets with the licensee and to account to those other persons for any proceeds of those bets,
is guilty of an offence against this Act.
: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.



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