Northern Territory Numbered Acts

RACING AND WAGERING ACT 2024 (NO 8 OF 2024) - SECT 196

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person:

    (a)     is a wagering licensee; and

    (b)     accepts a wager from another person; and

    (c)     does not issue a receipt to the other person in accordance with section 184 .

Maximum penalty:     2 500 penalty units.

    (2)     An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

    (3)     It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) if the defendant has a reasonable excuse.

Note for subsection (3)

The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to this defence (see section 43BU of the Criminal Code).