Greyhound Industry Act 1958

Interpretation.

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2. — (1) In this Act—

“ authorised coursing ground ” means a coursing ground at which authorised coursing meetings are held;

“ authorised coursing meeting ” means a coursing meeting authorised by the Club;

“ authorised officer ” means a person appointed in writing by the Board or the Club (as may be appropriate) to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act;

F1[“ betting office ” means any premises at a greyhound race track in which betting is permitted by regulations under section 32D of this Act;]

F2[“ Board ” means Rásaoícht Con Éireann;]

“ the Club ” means the Irish Coursing Club;

“ course bet ” means—

(a) a bet entered into by a licensed bookmaker, during a greyhound race meeting held at a greyhound race track, on a greyhound race forming an item at that meeting, or

(b) a bet entered into by a licensed bookmaker, during an authorised coursing meeting (not being a meeting declared by the Board by regulations to be exempted as respects the levies provided for by this Act), on an event forming an item at that meeting;

“ course-betting permit ” has the meaning assigned to it in section 29;

“ the establishment day ” means the day appointed to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act by order of the Minister made under section 3 of this Act;

“ greyhound race ” means a greyhound race (including trial and schooling) in which an object propelled by mechanical means is pursued;

“ greyhound race track ” means a greyhound race track on which greyhound races are held for reward;

“ greyhound race track licence ” has the meaning specified in section 22;

“ licensed bookmaker ” means a person who is for the time being the holder of a bookmaker's licence issued to him under the Betting Act, 1931 (No. 27 of 1931);

F2[“ Minister” means Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine;]

“ precincts ” means, in relation to an authorised coursing ground, any place adjacent to that coursing ground to which the public habitually resort for the purpose of watching coursing;

“ prescribed ” means prescribed by regulations made by the Board under this Act;

“ totalisator licence ” means a licence granted under the Totalisator Act, 1929 (No. 22 of 1929).

(2) A reference in this Act to a contravention of any provision includes, where appropriate, a reference to contravention of that provision by failing or refusing to comply therewith.

Annotations:

Amendments:

F1

Inserted (25.07.1999) by Horse and Greyhound Racing (Betting Charges and Levies) Act 1999 (24/1999), s. 8(1), S.I. No. 211 of 1999, art. 2.

F2

Substituted (1.10.2020) by Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), s. 3, S.I. No. 399 of 2020, art. 2(a).

Modifications (not altering text):

C1

Functions transferred and references construed (1.05.2010) by Horse and Greyhound Racing (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 179 of 2010), arts. 2 and 3, in effect as per art. 1(2).

2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

(2) References to the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) shall, from the commencement of this Order, be read as references to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism by or under —

(a) the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 (No. 12 of 1958),

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are transferred to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

(2) References to the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, from the commencement of this Order, be read as references to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

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Editorial Notes:

E1

Power pursuant to section exercised (21.11.1983) by Authorised Coursing Meetings (Exemption from Levy) Regulations 1983 (S.I. No. 345 of 1983), in effect as per reg. 3.

E2

Power pursuant to section 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).

E3

Previous affecting provision: functions transferred (18.06.2002) by Horse and Greyhound Racing (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2002 (S.I. No. 297 of 2002), arts. 3, 4, in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 5-9; superseded as per C-note above.

E4

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to subs. (3) exercised (18.09.1978) by Authorised Coursing Meetings (Exemption from Levy) Regulations 1978 (S.I. No. 254 of 1978), in effect as per reg. 3; spent.

E5

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (1.09.1973) by Authorised Coursing Meetings (Exemption from Levy) Regulations 1973 (S.I. No. 223 of 1973), in effect as per reg. 3; spent.

E6

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section exercised (2.09.1968) by Authorised Coursing Meetings (Exemption from Levy) Regulations 1968 (S.I. No. 170 of 1968), in effect as per reg. 3; spent.

E7

Previous affecting provision: power pursuant to section 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).