Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016
Number 2 of 2016
HORSE RACING IRELAND ACT 2016
REVISED
Updated to 11 July 2023
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016. 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.
All Acts up to and including the Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023 (21/2023), enacted 11 July 2023, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Appointment of Special Adviser (Taoiseach) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 382 of 2023), made 11 July 2023, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 2 of 2016
HORSE RACING IRELAND ACT 2016
REVISED
Updated to 11 July 2023
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
Greyhound Racing Acts 1958 to 2019: this Act, s. 15, is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be construed together as one (Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019), s. 1(2)). The Acts in this group are:
• Greyhound Industry Act 1958 (12/1958)
• Greyhound Industry (Amendment) Act 1993 (37/1993)
• Horse and Greyhound Racing (Betting Charges and Levies) Act 1999 (24/1999), ss. 8 to 13
• Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 (20/2001), ss. 14 and 16 and ss. 15 and 17 (in so far as they relate to the Board)
• Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 (2/2016), s. 15
• Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019) other than Parts 10 and 11 (ss. 59-66)
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
An explanation of how to read annotations is available at
www.lawreform.ie/annotations.
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Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked.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.
A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at
www.irishstatutebook.ie.
Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023 (21/2023)
• Greyhound Racing Act 2019 (15/2019)
• Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018)
All Acts up to and including Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Act 2023 (21/2023), enacted 11 July 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 640 of 2018)
• Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 (Commencement of Section 18) (Forestry) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 190 of 2017)
• Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 629 of 2016)
• Horse Racing Ireland Act 2016 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2016 (S.I. No. 138 of 2016)
All statutory instruments up to and including Appointment of Special Adviser (Taoiseach) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 382 of 2023), made 11 July 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 2 of 2016
HORSE RACING IRELAND ACT 2016
REVISED
Updated to 11 July 2023
CONTENTS
Section
2. Amendment of definitions in section 2 of Act of 1994
3. Increase of summary fine - Act of 1994
5. Amendment of general functions of HRI
8. Compliance by HRI with State Bodies Code of Practice, etc.
12. Accounts, etc. of Racing Regulatory Body
14. Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund
15. Compliance by Bord na gCon with State Bodies Code of Practice
16. Data sharing between HRI and Racing Regulatory Body
17. Amendment of section 10 of Animal Remedies Act 1993 - authorised officers (Repealed)
18. Amendment of definition in section 2 of Forestry Act 2014
19. Amendment of Veterinary Practice Act 2005 - mutual recognition
Acts Referred to
Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 (No. 15)
Animal Remedies Act 1993 (No. 23)
Broadcasting Act 2009 (No. 18)
Companies Act 2014 (No. 38)
Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 (No. 8)
Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 6)
Data Protection Act 1988 (No. 25)
Forestry Act 2014 (No. 31)
Greyhound Industry Act 1958 (No. 12)
Horse and Greyhound Racing (Betting Charges and Levies) Act 1999 (No. 24)
Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001 (No. 20)
Horse Racing Ireland (Membership) Act 2001 (No. 46)
Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994 (No. 18)
Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Act 2012 (No. 25)
Veterinary Practice Act 2005 (No. 22)
Number 2 of 2016
HORSE RACING IRELAND ACT 2016
REVISED
Updated to 11 July 2023
An Act to amend and extend the Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994, the Greyhound Industry Act 1958, section 10 of the Animal Remedies Act 1993, Veterinary Practice Act 2005, section 2 of the Forestry Act 2014 and the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001, to repeal the Horse Racing Ireland (Membership) Act 2001 and section 2 of the Horse and Greyhound Racing (Betting Charges and Levies) Act 1999, and to provide for related matters.
[8 th February, 2016]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: