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S.I. No. 130/1999 - Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994 Racecourses (Course-Betting Representative Permits) Regulations, 1999.
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. (
a
) These Regulations may be cited as the Racecourses (Course-Betting Representative Permits) Regulations, 1999;
(
b
) These Regulations shall take effect from the 1st day of July, 1999.
Definitions.
2. (
a
) “the Act” means the
Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994
;
(
b
) “Registered Premises” shall have the meaning ascribed to it by
Section 1
of the
Betting Act, 1931
;
(
c
) Section 2 of the Act shall also apply to the interpretation of these Regulations;
(
d
) Nothing in these Regulations shall prejudice the powers and entitlement of the Authority under the Act.
Amendment to definition of “employee or agent” in Section 48(21)(a) of the Act.
3. The definition of “employee or agent” in Section 48(21)(a)(ii) of the Act is hereby amended by deleting the text contained in Section 48(21)(a)(ii) and inserting in its place the following
“(
a
) in the case of an authorised bookmaker operating from a Betting Office, a person who has been in the employment of a licensed bookmaker in a Registered Premises and/or a Betting Office for a period of not less than five years expiring on the date of the application for a course-betting representative permit in respect of such person; and
(
b
) in the case of all other authorised bookmakers, a person who has been in the employment of an authorised bookmaker (other than an authorised bookmaker operating from a Betting Office) on any authorised racecourse for a period of not less than five years expiring on the date of the application for a course-betting representative permit in respect of such person.”
GIVEN under the Seal of the Authority this 19th day of April, 1999.
IVO O'SULLIVAN,
Member of the Authority
PATRICK WALSH,
Secretary of the Authority
The Irish Horseracing Authority in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by subsection (21)(b) of
Section 48
of the
Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994
hereby makes the following Regulations:—
Citation and Commencement.