159Bookmakers and agents must issue tickets and record bets

159 Bookmakers and agents must issue tickets and record bets

(1)  A registered bookmaker or bookmaker's agent must, immediately after accepting a bet –

(a) issue a betting ticket for the bet in a form approved by Tasracing, unless the bet is placed and accepted by telephone in accordance with the bookmaker's on-course telephone betting endorsement or off-course telephone betting endorsement; and

(b) record the bet in the record required to be kept under section 160 .

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)  A registered bookmaker who issues a betting ticket as required by subsection (1) must, unless the bet was placed and accepted by telephone, give the betting ticket directly to the bettor.

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.

(3)  A registered bookmaker's agent who issues a betting ticket as required by subsection (1) must give the betting ticket directly to the bettor.

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.

(4)  A registered bookmaker or bookmaker's agent must not make a written record or note of an accepted bet until the bet has been recorded as required, if at all, by subsection (1)(b) .

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a first offence, a fine not exceeding 10 penalty units; and

(b) a subsequent offence, a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(5)  A registered bookmaker or bookmaker's agent must not issue a betting ticket that has been previously used for another bet.