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Section 63: Reasonable belief about person's age

Gambling Act 2005 · 2005 c. 19View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 4: Protection of children and young persons

Where a person is charged with an offence under this Part of doing anything in relation to an individual who is a child it is a defence for the person charged to prove that—

he took all reasonable steps to determine the individual's age, and
he reasonably believed that the individual was not a child.

Where a person is charged with an offence under this Part of doing anything in relation to an individual who is a young person it is a defence for the person charged to prove that—

he took all reasonable steps to determine the individual's age, and
he reasonably believed that the individual was not a young person.

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