Restriction on betting on tracks on certain daysN.I.
48—(1) Betting by way of bookmaking or by means of a totalisator shall not take place on any track on. . . Christmas Day or Good Friday or at such other times, if any, as may be prescribed by regulations.
(2) If bookmaking is carried on, or a totalisator is operated, by any person in contravention of paragraph (1), that person and the occupier of the track also, shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (2) it shall be a defence for the occupier of the track to prove that the contravention took place without his consent or connivance and that he exercised due diligence to prevent it.