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S.I. No. 545/2001 - Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994 Horseracing (On-Course Betting Office) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
1. Citation and Commencement
(a) These Regulations may be cited as the Horseracing (On-course Betting Office) (Amendment) Regulations, 2001;
(b) These Regulations shall come into effect on the 1
st
day of December, 2001.
2. Interpretation
(a) “The Principal Regulations” when used in these Regulations means the Horseracing (On-course Betting Office) Regulations, 1995;
(b) Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations shall apply also to the interpretation of these Regulations;
(c) Nothing in these Regulations shall prejudice the powers and entitlement of the Authority under the Act.
3. Extension of opening hours
The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by deleting the text contained in Sections 6(d) and 6(e) and inserting in its place the following
“(d) An authorised bookmaker operating from an on-course betting office may open for business -
(i) on any day in respect of all the hours that registered premises (within the meaning of the
Betting Act, 1931
) are permitted to stay open, and
(ii) on the day of a race fixture at the racecourse, also from the time that the public are permitted admission to the racecourse and up to two hours after the conclusion at it of the last race where that would exceed the hours referred to in subsection (i) hereof.”
Given under the Seal of the Authority this 29th day of November, 2001.
Edmund Browne
Member of the Authority
Patrick Walsh
Secretary of the Authority
ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES
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1.
Citation and Commencement
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2.
Interpretation
3
3.
Extension of Opening Hours
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IRISH HORSERACING INDUSTRY ACT, 1994
HORSERACING (ON-COURSE BETTING OFFICE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2001
The Irish Horseracing Authority in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sub-section 1(e) of
Section 53
of the
Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994
(as amended by the
Horse and Greyhound Racing Act, 2001
) hereby makes the following Regulations:-