11AOffence of providing remote access betting facilities

#### 11A Offence of providing remote access betting facilities 11A Offence of providing remote access betting facilities > > (1) A person must not make a remote access betting facility available in a public place for use by persons frequenting that place. > > > > Maximum penalty— > > > > > (a) for a first offence, 200 penalty units (in the case of an offence committed by a corporation) or 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years or both (in the case of an offence committed by an individual), or > > > > > (b) for a second or subsequent offence, 1,000 penalty units (in the case of an offence committed by a corporation) or 500 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years or both (in the case of an offence committed by an individual). > > > (2) This section does not apply to a remote access betting facility used for betting or facilitating betting on a totalizator or betting activity conducted under the authority of a licence or approval under the [Totalizator Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-045). > > > (3) In this section— > > > > public place means a place that the public, or a section of the public, is entitled to use or that is open to, or is being used by, the public or a section of the public (whether on payment of money, by virtue of membership of a club or other body, or otherwise) and, without limitation, includes the premises of a registered club under the [Registered Clubs Act 1976](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1976-031) and licensed premises under the [Liquor Act 2007](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2007-090). > > > > remote access betting facility means any device (such as a computer terminal or telephone) that is for use primarily or exclusively for betting on any event or contingency or for facilitating betting on any event or contingency. > > **s 11A:** Ins 2010 No 132, Sch 2 \[8\].