146Bookmakers' agents may only field if their principals field on the same day

146 Bookmakers' agents may only field if their principals field on the same day

(1)  A registered bookmaker's agent must not engage in bookmaking on any day on which the registered bookmaker's agent’s principal does not also engage in bookmaking.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a first offence, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units; and

(b) a subsequent offence, a fine not exceeding 40 penalty units.

(2)  It is a defence in proceedings for an offence under subsection (1) if the defendant establishes that, on the day of the alleged offence, the defendant's principal –

(a) attended, with the intention of engaging in bookmaking, a Tasmanian racecourse where a lawful race meeting was scheduled to be held; but

(b) was prevented from engaging in bookmaking by the postponement or abandonment of that race meeting.