Betting with young personsN.I.
51.—(1) If any person—
(a)has any betting transaction with a person under the age of 18, or
(b)employs a person under the age of 18 in the effecting of any betting transaction, or
(c)receives or negotiates any bet through a person under the age of 18,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) If any person under the age of 18 enters into any betting transaction he shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) A person shall not be guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) by reason of—
(a)the employment of a person under the age of 18 in the effecting of betting transactions by post; or
(b)the carriage by a person under the age of 18 of a communication relating to a betting transaction for the purposes of its conveyance by post.
(4) In any proceedings for an offence under paragraph (1) it shall be a defence to prove that there was good reason to believe that the person under the age of 18 had attained that age.
[F1(4A) In any case concerning—
(a)a bet which is an entry in a qualifying competition (as defined in Article 3(1D)), or
(b)a betting transaction relating to such a bet,
this Article shall have effect with the substitution in paragraphs (1) to (4) of “ 16 ” for “18”.]
(5) Paragraphs (5) and (6) of Article 50 shall apply to persons under the age of 18 for the purposes of this Article as they apply to such persons for the purposes of Article 50.