S.I. No. 500/2012 - Greyhound Industry (Racing) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012.

1. These regulations may be cited as the Greyhound Industry (Racing) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012.

2. The Greyhound Industry (Racing) Regulations, 2007 (No. 302 of 2007) are hereby amended as follows:-

(i) by the deletion of “€15,000” in Article 8 (3) and the substitution therefore of “€4,999”.

These regulations shall come into effect on the 1st day of October, 2012.

Given under the Seal of Bord na gCon

4 September 2012.

PHILIP MEANEY,

Chairman of the Board.

4 September 2012.

ADRIAN NEILAN,

Chief Executive 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 Greyhound Industry (Racing) Regulations, 2007, to reduce the first prize in Sweepstakes or Feature Events, where reserves may replace withdrawn greyhounds up to and including the final, from €15,000 to €4,999.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

14

th December

, 2012.

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

Sections 25

and

48

of the

Greyhound Industry Act 1958

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