Gambling software
(1) A person commits an offence if in the course of a business he manufactures, supplies, installs or adapts gambling software unless he acts in accordance with an operating licence.
(2) In this Act "gambling software":
(a) means computer software for use in connection with remote gambling, but
(b) does not include anything for use solely in connection with a gaming machine.
(3) A person does not supply or install gambling software for the purposes of subsection (1) by reason only of the facts that:
(a) he makes facilities for remote communication or non-remote communication available to another person
(b) the facilities are used by the other person to supply or install gambling software.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to:
(a) imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks,
(b) a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale
(c) both (a) and (b).
(5) In the application of subsection (4) to Scotland the reference to 51 weeks shall have effect as a reference to six months.
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