S.I. No. 442/2000 - Racecourses (Course-Betting Representative Permits) Regulations, 2000.

ARRANGEMENT OF ARTICLES

S.I. No. 442 of 2000.

IRISH HORSERACING INDUSTRY ACT, 1994.

RACECOURSES (COURSE-BETTING REPRESENTATIVE PERMITS) REGULATIONS, 2000.

The Irish Horseracing Authority in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sub-section (21)(b) of section 48 of the Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994 hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and Commencement.

1. (a) These Regulations may be cited as the Racecourses (Course-Betting Representative Permits) Regulations, 2000;

(b) These Regulations shall take effect from the 1st day of December, 2000.

Definitions

2. (a) “the Act” means the Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994 ;

(b) Section 2 of the Act shall also apply to the interpretation of these Regulations;

(c) Nothing in these Regulations shall prejudice the powers and entitlement of the Authority under the Act.

Amendment to definition of “employee or agent” in Section 48(21)(a) of the Act.

3. The definition of “employee or agent” in Section 48(21)(a)(ii) of the Act, as amended, is hereby amended by deleting the text contained in Section 48(21)(a)(ii) and inserting in its place the following:

“a person who has been nominated as his employee or agent by a bookmaker.”