S.I. No. 481/2006 - Horse Racing On-Course Betting Office (Amendment) Regulations 2006

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Horse Racing On-Course Betting Office (Amendment) Regulations 2006

(2) These Regulations shall come into effect on the 1

st

day of March 2006

2. In these Regulations -

“the Principal Regulations” means the Horseracing (On-Course Betting Office Regulations, 1995;

“the 1998 Amendment Regulations” means the Horseracing (On-Course Betting Office) (Amendment) Regulations, 1998;

Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations shall apply also to the interpretation of these Regulations;

Nothing in these Regulations shall prejudice the powers and entitlement of Horse Racing Ireland under the Horseracing Industry Act 1994 and the

Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001

.

3. Revocation of certain provisions of the Principal Regulations

Paragraphs 4 (a) (i) and 4 (b) of the Principal Regulations are hereby revoked.

4. Revocation of the 1998 Amendment Regulations

The 1998 Amendment Regulations are hereby revoked.

Denis Brosnan

Chairman

GIVEN under the Official Seal of Horse Racing Ireland,

Raymond A Horan

Secretary

1 March 2006

Explanatory Memorandum

These Regulations remove the restrictions previously applicable in relation to the number of on-course betting offices and the range and scope of services which such betting offices could operate.

REGULATIONS

S.I. Number 481 of 2006

entitled

Horse Racing On-Course Betting Office (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Horse Racing Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

section 53

of the

Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994

(No. 18 of 1994) and the

Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001

(No. 20 of 2001) hereby makes the following regulations