S.I. No. 418/1981 - Public Sales of Greyhounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1981.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Public Sales of Greyhounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1981.

2. The Public Sales of Greyhounds (Amendment) Regulations, 1974 (No. 53 of 1974) are hereby revoked.

3. The Public Sales of Greyhounds Regulations, 1966 (No. 76 of 1966) are hereby amended as follows:—

by the deletion of sub-article 3 of Article 9 and the substitution therefor of the following:—

“the maximum entry fee to be charged for the entry of a greyhound for sale at a public sale shall be £2 (two pounds)”.

4. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 28th day of December, 1981.

GIVEN under the Seal of Bord na gCon this 8th day of December, 1981.

DES HANRAHAN,

Chairman of the Board.

S.P. FLANAGAN,

Chief Officer of the Board, an officer authorised by the Board to authenticate the seal of the Board.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The effect of these Regulations is to amend the Public Sales of Greyhounds Regulations 1966 in relation to the maximum fee chargeable for entry of a greyhound for sale at a public sale.

Bord na gCon in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

Section 38

of the

Greyhound Industry Act, 1958

(No. 12 of 1958) and also by sub-section (3) of Section 5 of the said Act, hereby makes the following regulations, that is to say:—