# Gambling Act 2005, Section 63: Reasonable belief about person's age


(1) 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—
(a) he took all reasonable steps to determine the individual's age, and
(b) he reasonably believed that the individual was not a child.
(2) 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—
(a) he took all reasonable steps to determine the individual's age, and
(b) he reasonably believed that the individual was not a young person.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/19/section/63 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gambling-act-2005/section-63
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