Greyhound Industry Act 1958

Regulations for payment of levies on course bets.

33

33.F37[(1) The Board may make regulations for securing the payment of levy under section 32 of this Act or charges made under section 32A or 32B of this Act and generally for carrying the provisions of this Chapter in relation to such levies and charges into effect and in particular for

(a) requiring bookmakers who are liable to pay such levy or charges

(i) to enter, in the prescribed manner and at the prescribed time, particulars of all bets entered into at a greyhound race track in the prescribed records,

(ii) to retain the records for the prescribed time,

(iii) to send, on the request of the Board, the records to the Board for its inspection,

(iv) to furnish copies of the records to the Board at such time or times as may be prescribed;

(b) the supply, use and supervision of levy or charge paid betting sheets and the making of refunds in respect of unused or partly used such sheets;

(c) entering into arrangements by the Board with and taking security from bookmakers desiring to pay levy or charges on the basis of returns furnished by them;

(d) the granting to bookmakers by the Board of remissions or refunds (as the case may require) of a levy or charge in cases in which the whole or any part of the contingent liability of a bookmaker in respect of a bet made, laid or otherwise entered into by him at a greyhound race track is shown to the satisfaction of the Board to have been transferred to another bookmaker by means of a fresh bet made, laid or otherwise entered into by the first-mentioned bookmaker with the second-mentioned bookmaker.

(1A) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes any regulation made under this section may have any course-betting permit granted to him suspended or revoked by the Board.]

(2) If any person—

(a) contravenes a regulation under this section, or

(b) makes, in any record kept in pursuance of any regulation under this section, any false entry with regard to a course bet, that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds.

(3) Regulations for the purposes of this section shall require the consent of the Minister.

Annotations:

Amendments:

F37

Substituted and inserted (25.07.1999) by Horse and Greyhound Racing (Betting Charges and Levies) Act 1999 (24/1999), s. 11(2), S.I. No. 211 of 1999.

Modifications (not altering text):

C10

Maximum fine in subs. (2) increased (25.07.1999) by Horse and Greyhound Racing (Betting Charges and Levies) Act 1999 (24/1999), s. 12(2) and table ref. no. 6, S.I. No. 211 of 1999. A fine of £1,000 converted (1.01.1999) to €1,269.73. This translates into a class C fine not exceeding €2,500 as provided (1.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 6(3) and table ref. no. 1, S.I. No. 662 of 2010.

Increase of fines, under Act of 1958, etc.

12.— …

(2) The fine which may be imposed under a provision of the Act of 1958 specified in column (2) of the Table to this section shall be a fine not exceeding in amount the amount specified in column (3) of that Table opposite the reference number opposite which that provision is so specified.

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TABLE

Reference Number

Provision of Act of 1958

Maximum Fine

(1)

(2)

(3)

£

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6

Section 33(2)

1,000

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Editorial Notes:

E156

Power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (15.02.1971) by Greyhound Race Track (Levy Collection) (Amendment) Regulations 1971 (S.I. No. 48 of 1971), in effect as per reg. 3.

E157

Power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (7.10.1968) by Greyhound Race Track (Levy Collection) Regulations 1968 (S.I. No. 198 of 1968), in effect as per reg. 23(2).

E158

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (1.08.1964) by Greyhound Race Track (Levy Collection) (Amendment) Regulations 1964 (S.I. No. 170 of 1964), in effect as per reg. 3; revoked (7.10.1968) by Greyhound Race Track (Levy Collection) Regulations 1968 (S.I. No. 198 of 1968), reg. 1, in effect as per reg. 23(2).

E159

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (1) exercised (1.01.1959) by Greyhound Race Track (Levy Collection) Regulations 1958 (S.I. No. 225 of 1958), in effect as per reg. 23(2); revoked (7.10.1968) by Greyhound Race Track (Levy Collection) Regulations 1968 (S.I. No. 198 of 1968), reg. 1, in effect as per reg. 23(2).