New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC LOTTERIES ACT 1996 - SECT 9

9 Exculpation of certain persons from certain offences

(1) A person is not guilty of an offence under any law merely because:

(a) the person is an entrant in a public lottery conducted by a licensee, or

(b) the person is or acts for a licensee and the person conducts a public lottery in accordance with the requirements of or made under this Act, the regulations, the rules and the conditions of the licensee’s licence, or

(c) in relation to a public lottery conducted by a licensee in the manner referred to in paragraph (b), the person:

(i) is concerned in the conduct of the public lottery, or

(ii) prints or publishes any thing relating to the conduct of the public lottery, or

(iii) is the owner or occupier of any premises used for the purpose of, or in connection with, the conduct of the public lottery, or

(d) the person prints or publishes the results of, or information as to the prize money payable in respect of, a public lottery conducted under a corresponding law.

(2) This section does not affect any offence against this Act.