Betting Control Act 1954

If —

a person is convicted for an offence under section 23 or 24; and

the offence took place on premises in respect of which a licence has been granted under the Liquor Control Act 1988,

in the case of the licensee or manager, a fine of $20 000;

in the case of an employee or agent, a fine of $10 000.

In any proceedings against a person under subsection (1), any statement made by the person convicted for the offence under section 23 or 24, as to the place where the offence was committed shall be prima facie evidence of the place where the offence was committed.

It is a defence to any charge of an offence under subsection (1) to show —

that the accused person or, if the accused person was not on the premises at the time the offence against section 23 or 24 was committed, the person then in charge of the premises, did not know and could not by the exercise of all practical diligence have known, that the offence was being committed; or

that the offence was committed contrary to the will of the accused person or, if the accused person was not on the premises at the time the offence was committed, contrary to the will of the person who was then in charge of the premises, and that the accused person or the person so in charge, as the case may be, took all reasonable steps to prevent the offence from being committed.

If any member of the Police Force has reasonable grounds for suspecting that, on any premises in respect of which a licence has been granted under the Liquor Control Act 1988, a person found on the premises —

has, at any time on that day on which the person was so found on those premises, been guilty of betting or offering to bet, contrary to the provisions of this Act; or

is on those premises for the purpose of so betting,

If a person who has been so removed from any such premises re‑enters or is again upon those premises during the day on which that person was so removed, the person commits an offence.

No member of the Police Force who has acted bona fide in the intended exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (4), and no person acting under the instructions of, or for the purpose of assisting such a member, is liable to any proceedings, civil or criminal, in consequence of having so acted.