Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956
Number 2 of 1956
GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT 1956
REVISED
Updated to 10 November 2021
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 2 of 1956
GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT 1956
REVISED
Updated to 10 November 2021
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1956 to 2019: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2019 (44/2019), s. 27(2)). The Acts in this group are:
• Gaming and Lotteries Act 1970 (6/1970)
• Gaming and Lotteries Act 1979 (6/1979)
• National Lottery Act 1986 (28/1986), s. 33
• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003 (16/2003)
• National Lottery Act 2013 (13/2013), Part 9
• Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2019 (44/2019)
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
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Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act 2019 (44/2019)
• National Lottery Act 2013 (13/2013)
• Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 (21/2011)
• Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (50/2001)
• Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (39/1997)
• Finance Act 1993 (13/1993)
• Finance Act 1992 (9/1992)
• Finance Act 1989 (10/1989)
• National Lottery Act 1986 (28/1986)
• Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983 (24/1983)
• Gaming and Lotteries Act 1979 (6/1979)
• Finance Act 1975 (6/1975)
• Gaming and Lotteries Act 1970 (6/1970)
• Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956 (47/1956)
• Finance Act 1956 (22/1956)
All Acts up to and including Defence (Amendment) Act 2021 (33/2021), enacted 9 November 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Lottery Prizes Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 29 of 2002)
• Lottery Prizes Regulations 2000 (S.I. No. 174 of 2000)
• Lottery Prizes Regulations 1987 (S.I. No. 72 of 1987)
• Periodical Lotteries Regulations 1966 (S.I. No. 32 of 1966)
• Periodical Lotteries Regulations 1961 (S.I. No. 212 of 1961)
• Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1956 (Commencement) Order 1956 (S.I. No. 18 of 1956)
All statutory instruments up to and including Railway Safety Act 2005 (Section 4(5)) (Specified Infrastructure, Monorail) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 589 of 2021), made 10 November 2021, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 2 of 1956
GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT 1956
REVISED
Updated to 10 November 2021
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL.
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GAMING.
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Residence qualifications for promoters of gaming. (Repealed) |
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Cheating. (Repealed) |
LICENSING OF AMUSEMENT HALLS AND FUNFAIRS.
LOTTERIES.
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Matters to take into consideration when making regulations under section 27 or 28. (Repealed) |
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Prohibition on taking or sending money or documents out of State. (Repealed) |
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ENFORCEMENT, EVIDENCE AND PENALTIES.
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Offences in relation to bodies corporate and unincorporated bodies. (Repealed) |
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Postal packets containing unlawful documents posted in the State. |
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Acts Referred to |
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No. 2 of 1951 |
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No. 27 of 1931 |
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Number 2 of 1956
GAMING AND LOTTERIES ACT 1956
REVISED
Updated to 10 November 2021
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO GAMING AND LOTTERIES. [14th February, 1956.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
Annotations:
Modifications (not altering text):
C1
Application of collectively cited Gaming and Lotteries Acts restricted (27.02.2014) by National Lottery Act 2013 (13/2013), s. 50, commenced as per s. 1(3).
Exemption of National Lottery from Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1956 to 2013
50. The Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1956 to 2013 do not apply to the National Lottery.
C2
Application of collectively cited Gaming and Lotteries Acts restricted (27.10.2008) by European Communities (Financial Instruments Analogous to Prize Bonds) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 419 of 2008), reg. 2
2. The Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1956 to 2003 do not apply to financial instruments which are analogous to non-interest bearing securities created and issued by the Minister for Finance under Part V of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956 (No. 47 of 1956), in relation to which chance may be used to select particular securities for prizes, issued by—
(a) another Member State,
(b) a regional authority in another Member State, or
(c) a local authority in another Member State.
C3
Application of collectively cited Gaming and Lotteries Acts restricted (15.07.1986) by National Lottery Act 1986 (28/1986), s. 32, commenced on enactment.
Exemption of National Lottery from Gaming and Lotteries Acts, 1956 to 1979.
32.— The Gaming and Lotteries Acts, 1956 to 1979, shall not apply to the National Lottery.
C4
Application of Act restricted (27/12/1956) by Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1956 (47/1956), s. 22(5), commenced on enactment.
Prize bonds.
2.— …
(5) Nothing contained in the Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1956 (No. 2 of 1956), shall apply in relation to prize bonds.