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Version date: 15 April 2015 - onwards
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31. Penalty for false statement of age.

(1) A person who has not attained the age of 18 years shall be guilty of an offence if he represents himself to have attained that age with the intention of inducing a licensed bookmaker to accept a bet or enter into a betting transaction.

(2) A person who has not attained the age of 18 years shall be guilty of an offence if he represents himself to have attained that age with the intention of inducing the owner or occupier of a registered premises to permit the person to enter, or remain on, the premises.

(3) A person who has not attained the age of 18 years shall be guilty of an offence if he represents himself to have attained that age with the intention of inducing a remote bookmaker or a remote betting intermediary to -

(a) accept a bet from the person,

(b) permit the person to create an account with the remote bookmaker or remote betting intermediary, as the case may be, or

(c) otherwise effect a transaction consisting of the making of a bet by the person, or assist the person to effect a transaction consisting of the making of a bet with any person, by remote means.