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. |