Part 3General offences
Miscellaneous offences
41Gambling software
1
A person commits an offence if in the course of a business he manufactures, supplies, installs or adapts gambling software unless he acts in accordance with an operating licence.
2
In this Act “gambling software”—
a
means computer software for use in connection with remote gambling, but
b
does not include anything for use solely in connection with a gaming machine.
3
A person does not supply or install gambling software for the purposes of subsection (1) by reason only of the facts that—
a
he makes facilities for remote communication or non-remote communication available to another person, and
b
the facilities are used by the other person to supply or install gambling software.
4
A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to—
a
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks,
b
a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or
c
both.
5
In the application of subsection (4) to Scotland the reference to 51 weeks shall have effect as a reference to six months.