181Evidentiary provisions

181 Evidentiary provisions

(1)  In any proceedings for an offence against this Act, proof that at a particular time a place was opened, kept or used for the purpose of unauthorised betting is evidence that it was so opened, kept or used with the permission of its occupier.

(2)  In any proceedings for an offence against this Act, an allegation in the complaint that at a particular time –

(a) a person was or was not registered as a bookmaker or bookmaker's agent; or

(b) a club was or was not registered as a club; or

(c) a place was a public place within the meaning of this Act; or

(d) a particular person is or was the occupier of a place mentioned in the complaint; or

(e) the defendant had or had not attained a specified age –

is evidence of that fact.

(3)  In any proceedings for an offence against this Act, an allegation in the complaint that on a particular day –

(a) a race meeting took place, or was appointed to take place, at a specified place; or

(b) a horse or greyhound, known by any specified name, competed in, or had been entered to compete in, a race at a race meeting –

is evidence of that fact.