50.—(1) A person under the age of 18 shall not be admitted to a licensed office.
(2) A licensed bookmaker himself or by his servant or agent, or such servant or agent, shall not allow a person under the age of 18 to be in a licensed office.
(3) Any person acting in contravention of paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.
(4) In any proceedings for an offence by reason of a contravention of paragraph (1) or (2) it shall be a defence—
(a)for the licensed bookmaker to prove that the contravention took place without his consent or connivance and that he exercised due diligence to prevent it; or
(b)for the licensed bookmaker or his servant or agent to prove that he had good reason to believe that the person under the age of 18 had attained that age.
(5) Nothing in this Article shall apply with respect to a person under the age of 18 who is a person who has attained the upper limit of compulsory school age as determined under Article 36(2) of the [1972 NI 12] Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 and is apprenticed to the licensed bookmaker under a contract in writing.
(6) Where a person under the age of 18 who is found in a licensed office is apprenticed to the licensed bookmaker, that person or the bookmaker shall at the request of a constable produce the contract of apprenticeship within 7 days of the request to, or in accordance with reasonable directions of, the constable for examination, and if it is not so produced that person or, as the case may be, the bookmaker shall be guilty of an offence.
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.
52.—(1) If any person, for the purpose of earning commission, reward or other profit, sends or causes to be sent to a person whom he knows to be under the age of 18 any circular, notice, advertisement, letter, telegram or other document which invites or may reasonably be implied to invite the person receiving it—
(a)to make any bet, or
(b)to enter into or take any share or interest in any betting transaction, or
(c)to apply to any person or at any place with a view to obtaining information or advice for the purpose of any bet or for information as to any race, fight, game, sport or other contingency upon which betting is generally carried on,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) If any document such as is mentioned in paragraph (1) names or refers to anyone as a person to whom any payment may be made, or from whom information may be obtained, for the purpose of or in relation to betting, the person so named or referred to shall be deemed to have sent that document or caused it to be sent unless he proves that he had not consented to be so named and that he was not in any way a party to, and was wholly ignorant of, the sending of the document.
(3) If any document such as is mentioned in paragraph (1) is sent to any person at any university, college, school or other place of education and that person is under the age of 18, the person sending the document or causing it to be sent shall be deemed to have known that person to be under that age unless he proves that he had good reason to believe that the person under the age of 18 had attained that age.
[F2(4) In any case concerning—
(a)a bet which is an entry in a qualifying competition (as defined in Article 3(1D)),
(b)a betting transaction relating to such a bet, or
(c)information as to any game of association football upon which such betting is carried on,
this Article shall have effect with the substitution in paragraphs (1) and (3) of “ 16 ” for “18”.]