S.I. No. 60/1926 - Betting Act, 1926 (Revenue Forms) Regulations, 1926.


STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1926. No. 60.

BETTING ACT, 1926 (REVENUE FORMS) REGULATIONS, 1926.

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of Section 28 of the Betting Act, 1926 (No. 38 of 1926) that the Minister for Finance may by order make regulations prescribing any matter or thing relating to the Revenue Commissioners, which is in that Act referred to as prescribed or to be prescribed.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Minister for Finance in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-section (1) of Section 28 of the Betting Act, 1926 (No. 38 of 1926) and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling does by this order make the following regulations, that is to say :—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Betting Act, 1926 (Revenue Forms) Regulations, 1926.

2. In these regulations the expression "the Act" means the Betting Act, 1926 (No. 38 of 1926).

3. The Interpretation Act, 1923 (No. 46 of 1923) applies to the interpretation of these regulations in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

4. (1) An application under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Act, for a bookmaker's licence, expressed to be in force for one year, shall be made in the form numbered " 1 " in the Schedule hereto, with such (if any) modifications as may be suitable.

(2) An application under the said sub-section for a bookmaker's licence expressed to be in force for any less period than one year, shall be made in the form numbered " 2 " in the Schedule hereto, with such (if any) modifications as may be suitable.

5. (1) A bookmaker's licence expressed to be in force for one year, shall be in the form numbered " 3 " in the Schedule hereto.

(2) A bookmaker's licence expressed to be in force for any less period than one year, and not being a temporary bookmaker's licence granted under sub-section (1) of Section 11 of the Act, shall be in the form numbered " 4 " in the Schedule hereto.

(3) A temporary bookmaker's licence granted under sub-section (1) of Section 11 of the Act, shall be in the form numbered " 5 " in the Schedule hereto.

6. The registrar of bookmaking offices to be kept by the Revenue Commissioners, pursuant to sub-section (1) of Section 6 of the Act, shall be in the form numbered " 6 " in the Schedule hereto.

7. An application under sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Act to the Revenue Commissioners to register or renew the registration of premises mentioned in a certificate of suitability of premises, shall be made in the form numbered " 7 " in the Schedule hereto, with such (if any) modifications as may be suitable.

8. A certificate issued under sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Act of the registration or renewal of registration of premises mentioned in a certificate of suitability of premises shall be in the form numbered " 8 " in the Schedule hereto.

Given under the Official Seal of the Minister for

Finance, this 28th day of September, in the year

one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six.

(Signed), SEÓSAMH UA BRAONÁIN,

Secretary, Department of Finance.

SCHEDULE.

FORM 1.

SAORSTÁT EIREANN.

BETTING ACT, 1926 .

APPLICATION FOR BOOKMAKER'S LICENCE (ANNUAL) UNDER SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 5 of THE BETTING ACT, 1926 .

(This form when completed should be forwarded to the Collector of Customs and Excise for the area in which the applicant resides.)

I, * ................................................of † ............................................................ . being the person named in the attached certificate of personal fitness granted by the Superintendent of the Garda Siochana for the ........................................... District, hereby apply for licence to act as a Bookmaker for one year commencing on the ‡ ............. day of ....................... 19 .....

Signature..........................................................

Date............................................................ ...

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An application for a Bookmaker's licence (Annual) must be accompanied by a remittance for the proper amount of the licence duty, i.e., Ten Pounds, and must be made within twenty-one days after the date of the certificate of personal fitness given by the Superintendent of the Garda Siochana.

*lnsert full name.

†Insert full address.

‡The date inserted here must not be later than fourteen days after the date of the application.

FORM 2.

SAORSTÁT EIREANN.

BETTING ACT, 1926 .

APPLICATION FOR BOOKMAKER'S LICENCE (OCCASIONAL) UNDER SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 5 of THE BETTING ACT, 1926 .

(This form when completed should be forwarded to the Collector of Customs and Excise for the area in which the applicant resides.)

I,*.......................................................of†.......................................................... being the person named in the attached certificate of personal fitness granted by the Superintendent of the Garda Siochana for the ...............................District, hereby apply for licence to act as a Bookmaker on the...............day of..........................19..., ‡or from the ......day of......................19....to the............ day of.........................19.... both inclusive.

Signature....................................................

Date........................................................

______________________________________________________________________

An application for a Bookmaker's Licence (Occasional) must be accompanied by a remittance for the proper amount of the licence duty (i.e., at the rate of Two Pounds for each day of the period for which the licence is required), and must be made within twenty-one days after the date of the certificate of personal fitness given by the Superintendent of the Garda Siochana.

*Insert full name.

†Insert full address.

‡Strike out inapplicable words. This day or the first of these days must not be later than fourteen days after the date of the application.

FORM 3.

SAORSTÁT EIREANN.

BETTING ACT, 1926 .

BOOKMAKER'S LICENCE (ANNUAL).

...................................................Collection.

I, the undersigned, duly authorised by the Revenue Commissioners, hereby grant Licence to* ............................................................ .......................................residing at

.................................................... within the

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Administrative County

Borough †

of

............................................................ ............to act and carry on business as a bookmaker for one year, commencing on the...........day of...................... 19...., but subject and without prejudice to all restrictions and prohibitions for the time being imposed by law in respect of the places in which the business of bookmaking may be carried on, he having paid the sum of ten pounds for this licence.

Dated this.........day of.....................................19....

...........................................................

Collector of Customs and Excise.

*Full name to be inserted.

†Delete inapplicable words.

FORM 4.

SAORSTÁT EIREANN.

BETTING ACT, 1926 .

BOOKMAKER'S LICENCE (OCCASIONAL).

....................................................Collection.

I, the undersigned, duly authorised by the Revenue Commissioners, hereby grant Licence to*............................................................ .........................................residing at

.....................................................within the

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Administrative County

Borough †

of

......................................................... to act and carry on business as a bookmaker on the............. day of....................... 19....., ‡ or from the........day of.....................19...., to the................ day of........................19...., both inclusive, but subject and without prejudice to all restrictions and prohibitions for the time being imposed by law in respect of the places in which the business of bookmaking may be carried on, he having paid the sum of.........................pounds for this Licence.

Dated this.................day of.....................................19.............

............................................................ ..

Collector of Customs and Excise.

*Full name to be inserted.

†Delete inapplicable words.

‡Delete inapplicable words.

§Actual date of issue to be inserted.

FORM 5.

SAORSTÁT EIREANN.

BETTING ACT, 1926 .

BOOKMAKER'S LICENCE (TEMPORARY) GRANTED UNDER SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION II OF THE BETTING ACT, 1926 .

Licence without payment of duty is hereby granted to ............................................ of ............................................ to continue to act and carry on business as a Bookmaker on and from the............... day of ...................................up to and including the seventh day after the decision of an appeal made by him on the............day of ....................19.... to the District Court for the District of................................................against the refusal of the Superintendent of the Garda Siochana for the District of........................................to give to the said.................................................... a certificate of personal fitness, but subject and without prejudice to all restrictions and prohibitions for the time being imposed by law in respect of the places in which the business of bookmaking may be carried on.

By Order of the Revenue Commissioners, Dublin Castle.

Date :..................................................

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If, on the hearing of the appeal mentioned in this licence, the refusal of a certificate of personal fitness is confirmed by the Court, the person to whom this licence is issued shall return this licence to the Revenue Commissioners, Dublin Castle, within eight days after the day on which the decision of the Court on the appeal is pronounced.

FORM 6

REGISTER OF BOOKMAKING OFFICES.

Regd. No.

Name of Proprietor (or Joint Proprietors)

Precise Description of Premises

Registration

Renewal of Registration

Removal from Register

Cause of removal from Register

Observations

Signed on behalf of the Revenue Commissioners

Date from which registration takes effect

No. of Commrs. Order

Date from which renewal takes effect

No. of Commrs. Order

Date from which removal takes effect

No. of Commrs. Order

FORM 7.

SAORSTÁT EIREANN.

BETTING ACT, 1926 .

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OR RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION OF PREMISES UNDER SUB-SECTION (1) OF SECTION 9 of THE BETTING ACT, 1926 .

I*........................................................of†.......................................................... being a duly licensed bookmaker, do hereby apply to have the premises the subject of the certificate of suitability of premises annexed hereto and situate at................................ ........................................... in the

District ‡

Electoral Division

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of............................................................ ........within the

Administrative County‡

Borough

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of............................................................ ....entered in

the Register of Bookmaking Offices.

Signature or

Signatures ‡

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.......................................................

Date............................................................ ....................

This form on completion should be forwarded to the Collector of Customs and Excise for the area in which the premises are situate, and must be accompanied by :—

(1) A certificate of suitability of the premises to which the application relates; and

(2) A remittance for the proper amount of the Excise Duty, i.e., twenty pounds.

*Full name or names.

†Full address or addresses.

‡Delete inapplicable words.

FORM 8.

SAORSTÁT EIREANN.

BETTING ACT, 1926 .

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION (OR RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION) OF BOOKMAKING OFFICES.

This is to certify that the Revenue Commissioners have entered the following particulars in the register of bookmaking offices :—

Name of Registered Proprietor............................................................ ........................

Situation and Description of Premises............................................................ ..............

Date from which Registration (or Renewal of Registration) takes effect...........................

...........................................................

Unless and until removed from the register under or by virtue of the Betting Act, 1926 , any premises registered in the Register of Bookmaking Offices shall continue to be so registered until midnight on the 31st day of October next, after the registration thereof and shall then (unless the registration has been renewed under the Betting Act, 1926 ) be removed from the said register.

Registered premises shall not be opened or kept open for the transaction of business at any time on any Sunday, Christmas Day, or Good Friday, nor before the hour of nine o'clock in the morning, nor after the hour of six o'clock in the afternoon on any other day.

By Order of the Revenue Commissioners.

DUBLIN CASTLE,

DATE ...................................................