47.—(1) A person shall not carry on the business of a bookmaker at an authorised racecourse F35[or point-to-point steeplechase meeting], unless such person is an authorised bookmaker or a person specified in a course-betting representative permit.

(2) An authorised officer or a person acting under the direction of the executive of an authorised racecourse who has reasonable cause to believe that a person is not an authorised bookmaker or a person specified in a course-betting representative permit and is carrying on the business of a bookmaker at an authorised racecourse may require the person to immediately leave the racecourse.

(3) A person shall comply with a requirement made of him under subsection (2).

(4) Where a person fails to comply with a requirement made of him under subsection (2) an authorised officer or a person acting under the direction of the executive of the authorised racecourse concerned may, with the assistance of a member of the Garda Síochána if he considers it necessary, remove (by reasonable force if necessary) the person from the racecourse.