Horse and Greyhound Racing (Betting Charges and Levies) Act, 1999

Increase of fines, under Act of 1958, etc.

12.—(1) Section 21 of the Act of 1958 is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsections:

“(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500.

(2A) Where a person after conviction of an offence under subsection (2) of this section continues to contravene subsection (1) of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence on every day on which the contravention continues and for each such offence he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £400.”.

(2) The fine which may be imposed under a provision of the Act of 1958 specified in column (2) of the Table to this section shall be a fine not exceeding in amount the amount specified in column (3) of that Table opposite the reference number opposite which that provision is so specified.

(3) Section 6(5) of the Act of 1994 is hereby amended by the substitution for “this Act” of “section 47(1), 48(7) or 59(6)”.

TABLE

Reference Number

Provision of Act of 1958

Maximum Fine

(1)

(2)

(3)

£

1

Section 23(6)

1,500

2

Section 25(4)

1,000

3

Section 25(7)

1,000

4

Section 28(2)

1,500

5

Section 30(3)

500

6

Section 33(2)

1,000

7

Section 34(2)

1,000

8

Section 35(2)

1,000

9

Section 36(2)

1,000

10

Section 37(3)

1,000

11

Section 37(6)

1,000

12

Section 38(4)

1,000

13

Section 39(3)

1,000

14

Section 41(3)

500

15

Section 43(7)

500

16

Section 44(4)

500

17

Section 46(2)

500

18

Section 48(15)

500

19

Section 48(17)

1,000

20

Section 48(18)

1,000

21

Section 48(19)

1,000

22

Section 49(2)

1,000