S.I. No. 300/1988 - Betting Act (Revenue Forms) Regulations, 1988.


S.I. No. 300 of 1988.

BETTING ACT (REVENUE FORMS) REGULATIONS, 1988.

I, RAY MACSHARRY, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 35 (2) of the Betting Act, 1931 (No. 27 of 1931), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Betting Act (Revenue Forms) Regulations, 1988.

(2) The Betting Act (Revenue Forms) Regulations, 1931 and 1954, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Betting Act (Revenue Forms) Regulations, 1931 and 1954, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Betting Act (Revenue Forms) Regulations, 1931 to 1988.

2. The Betting Act (Revenue Forms) Regulations, 1931 ( S. R. & O. No. 80 of 1931 ), are hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for Regulation 9 of the following Regulation:

"9. A certificate issued under section 12 (1) of the Act or under section 76 (7) (a) of the Finance Act, 1984 (No. 9 of 1984), of the registration or renewal or registration of premises in the register of bookmaking offices shall be in form 6 in the Schedule hereto.", and

(b) the substitution, for form 6 in the Schedule thereto, of the form in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE.

Form 6.

Betting Act, 1931 .

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 the registration (or renewal of registration) takes effect............

Unless and until removed from the register under or by virtue of the Betting Act, 1931 , or the Finance Act, 1984 , any premises registered in the register of bookmaking offices shall continue to be so registered until midnight on the 30th day of November next after the registration thereof and shall then (unless the registration has been renewed under the Betting Act, 1931 ) 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................

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 17th day of November, 1988.

RAY MACSHARRY,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Betting Act (Revenue Forms) Regulations, 1931 ( S. R. & O. No. 80 of 1931 ) by including appropriate references to the Finance Act, 1984 under which a bookmaker's premises may be removed from or re-entered in the register of bookmaking offices.