Irish Horseracing Industry 1994

Offences and penalties.

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6.(1) A person who contravenes section 14 (1), 15 (1), 16 (1), 17 (1), 47 (3), 48 (7), (18) or (19), 50 (3), 51 (3) or (4), 52, 53 (4), 55 (3), 57 (6), 60 (2), 62 (5), 65 (5) or 67 (2) or (3) shall be guilty of a summary offence.

(2) A person who contravenes section 33 (1), 47 (1), 54 (1), or 59 (6) shall be guilty of an offence.

(3) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate or by a person acting on behalf of a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of, or to have been facilitated by any neglect on the part of any director, manager, secretary or any other officer of such body, such person shall also be guilty of an offence.

(4) A person guilty of an offence under this Act, shall be liable—

F4[(a) on summary conviction, to a class A fine, or]

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £100,000.

(5) F5[]

(6) In this section, a reference to the contravention of a provision includes, where appropriate, a reference to a refusal or a failure, to comply with that provision.

Annotations:

Amendments:

F4

Substituted (9.03.2016) by Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 (2/2016), s. 3(a), S.I. No. 138 of 2016, art. 2. A class A fine means a fine not greater than €5,000 as provided (4.01.2011) by Fines Act 2010 (8/2010), ss. 3, 3(1), S.I. No. 662 of 2010.

F5

Deleted (9.03.2016) by Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 (2/2016), s. 3(b), S.I. No. 138 of 2016, art. 2.

Editorial Notes:

E3

Previous affecting provision: subs. (5) amended (25.07.1999) Horse and Greyhound Racing (Betting Charges and Levies) Act 1999 (24/1999), s. 12(3), S.I. No. 211 of 1999, art. 2; subection deleted (9.03.2016) as per F-note above.