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Obligations before providing relevant gambling activity by remote means
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167. (1) Subject to subsection (3), a licensee of a remote gambling licence shall not provide a relevant gambling activity by remote means to a person unless—
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(a) the person has opened a gambling account with the licensee,
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(b) the licensee has made an entry in the register of account-holders in respect of the gambling account, and
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(c) the terms and conditions of the gambling account have been provided to the account-holder in writing.
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), a person may only participate in one or more relevant gambling activities by remote means provided by a licensee of a remote gambling licence where the person is an account-holder with the licensee.
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(3) The Authority may by regulations prohibit, in respect of relevant gambling activities identified in the regulations, a licensee of a remote gambling licence from providing more than one of those activities by remote means to a person unless the person opens a separate gambling account in respect of each such activity.
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(4) A licensee of a remote gambling licence who fails to comply with a provision of this section is guilty of an offence and is liable—
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(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or
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(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.
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