Gambling Regulation Act 2024

Obligation to establish and maintain register of account-holders

168. (1) A licensee of a remote gambling licence shall, upon being issued with the licence concerned, cause to be established and maintained, in the form required by the Authority, a register (in this Chapter referred to as a “register of account-holders”) of gambling accounts required to be opened with the licensee in accordance with this Chapter.

(2) A register of account-holders shall contain the following information in respect of each account—

(a) the account-holder’s name, address and date of birth,

(b) how the obligations imposed under sections 172 and 173 have been fulfilled with regard to each account, and

(c) such information as may be prescribed under subsection (4).

(3) An entry in the register of account-holders in respect of a gambling account shall be removed if the gambling account concerned is closed pursuant to section 171 .

(4) The Authority may prescribe the information that is to be entered in the register of account-holders in order to enable the verification of compliance with the obligations imposed in this Chapter in connection with gambling accounts.

(5) A licensee who fails to comply with a provision of this section is guilty of an offence and is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both, or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.