New Zealand Legislation: Acts

16 Advertising overseas gambling prohibited

• (1) A person must not publish or arrange to publish, in New Zealand, an overseas gambling advertisement.

  (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to publishing or arranging to publish—

  • (a) a health message concerning gambling; or

  • (b) an advertisement for services to prevent, minimise, or treat harm; or

  • (c) a message about preventing, minimising, or treating harm; or

  • (d) an advertisement for gambling equipment intended for distribution only to buyers of gambling equipment; or

  • (e) an overseas gambling advertisement in which the publicising or promotion of gambling or a gambling operator is incidental to the purpose of the advertisement.

  (3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

  (4) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, restrict the application of this section, if satisfied that an order is necessary to enable New Zealand to comply with its international obligations relating to trade in services that are or will become binding on New Zealand.