Betting Control Act 1954

The CEO may recover unpaid amounts payable under section 14A(2)(b) as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

The CEO may seek an order for the recovery of unpaid amounts specified in the following in a court of competent jurisdiction —

an assessment notice;

a notice of a determination under section 14C.

A bookmaker or, in the case of a bookmaker which is a partnership or body corporate, the licensed manager of the bookmaker shall —

prepare and keep in the English language a true, complete, accurate and legible written record —

setting out the financial position of the business carried on, in such a way as will enable the accounts to be conveniently inspected and properly audited; and

showing full particulars and details of each betting transaction made by or on behalf of that bookmaker and the betting turnover resulting,

prepare and deliver correctly the returns, forms or other records required by or under this Act, entering accurately and in a manner approved by the Commission full particulars and details of each betting transaction and the betting turnover resulting; and

for the purpose of recording bets —

use such a form and such a method of recording as may be required by or under this Act and is approved by the Commission; and

make the required entries in numerical sequence; and

ensure that the requirements of the regulations as to the use of tickets are complied with;

ensure that no alteration, erasure or obliteration in respect of an entry of a bet or in any record is made in such a manner as to prevent its legibility; and

where an error is made in the recording of a bet a person making any alteration to that record shall, if the record is handwritten —

rule through the incorrect entry, preserving its legibility; and

make the correct entry immediately under it,

cause the word “CANCELLED” to be endorsed adjacent to such details of the incorrect entry as will enable the reference to be identified; and

make the correct entry immediately thereafter;

not remove, or permit to be removed, any part of any book of forms or of any form or other record, except for the purpose of delivering it to a racing club or to the Commission as required by or under this Act; and

ensure that any duplicate of a form or other record required by or under this Act is clearly legible and an exact copy of the original; and

retain such of the records and betting material relating to the business carried on by or on behalf of that bookmaker as the Commission may from time to time in writing require for 5 years or such longer period after the completion of the transaction to which they relate as may be so required; and

on being required to do so by the Commission or some other person authorised by or under this Act so to require —

notify the Commission, where any betting material, form or other record may be inspected; and

furnish, deliver or produce any such betting material, form or other record to the Commission or to a person authorised for the purpose under the Act, as may be required.

If default is made in complying with a provision of subsection (1), any licensed employee or licensed manager who is in default and any bookmaker who failed to take all reasonable steps to secure compliance with the provision commits an offence.