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Criminal Code Act 1983
237LUse of inside information for wagering
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237L Use of inside information for wagering
(a) the person possesses information in connection with an event
or contingency; and
(b) the information is inside information; and
(i) wagers on the event or contingency; or
(ii) encourages another person to wager on the event or
contingency in a particular way; or
(iii) communicates the information, or causes the information
to be communicated, to another person whom the first
person knows or ought reasonably to know would or
would be likely to wager on the event or contingency.
(2) For subsection (1)(b), information in connection with an event or
contingency is inside information if it is not generally available
and, if it were generally available, would or would likely influence
persons who commonly wager on the event or contingency in:
(a) deciding whether or not to wager on the event or contingency;
or
(b) making any other decision to wager on the event or
contingency.
(3) For subsection (2)(b), information is generally available if:
(a) it consists of matter that is readily observable by the public; or
(b) it has been made known in a manner that would, or would be
likely to, bring it to the attention of the public; or
(c) it consists of deductions, conclusions or inferences made or
drawn from information mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
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(4) In proceedings for an offence against subsection (1)(c)(ii) or (iii), it
is not necessary to prove that the person encouraged to wager, or
to whom information was communicated, actually wagered on the
event or contingency concerned.