Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994 Racecourses (Payment of Levies on Course Bets) Regulations, 1995.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: Citation and Commencement.
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paragraphs: Definitions.
PART II
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO RING BETS ON HOME EVENTS
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paragraphs: Scope of Part II.
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paragraphs: Use of Standard Sheets in books.
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paragraphs: Procedure for bookmakers entering into a bet.
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paragraphs: Method of recording bets on a standard sheet.
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paragraphs: Laying off bets.
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paragraphs: Payments of Levies.
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paragraphs: Returns.
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paragraphs: Holding returns.
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paragraphs: Making entries.
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paragraphs: Directions by the Authority in regard to bookmaker's accommodation.
PART III
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS TO RING BETS ON AWAY EVENTS
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paragraphs: Scope of Part III.
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paragraphs: Method of recording bets.
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paragraphs: Procedure for bookmakers entering into a bet.
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paragraphs: Method of recording bets on a standard sheet.
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paragraphs: Laying-off bets.
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paragraphs: Payment of levies.
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paragraphs: Returns.
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paragraphs: Holding Returns.
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paragraphs: Making of entries.
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paragraphs: Directions by the Authority in regard to bookmaker's accommodation.
PART IV
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO BETTING OFFICES
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paragraphs: Betting offices.
PART V
PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL BETS
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paragraphs: Notification of Bookmaker's address.
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paragraphs: Performance of duties by agent of servant.
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paragraphs: Alteration of entries.
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paragraphs: Security for levy.
S.I. No. 306 of 1995.
IRISH HORSERACING INDUSTRY ACT, 1994 RACECOURSES (PAYMENT OF LEVIES ON COURSE BETS) REGULATIONS, 1995.
The Irish Horseracing Authority in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by subsection (1) of section 55 of the Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994 hereby makes the following Regulations:
PART I CITATION, COMMENCEMENT AND DEFINITIONS
1 Citation and Commencement.
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paragraphs: (a) These Regulations may be cited as the Racecourses (Payment of Levies on Course Bets) Regulations, 1995.
(b) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 28th day of October, 1995.
2 Definitions.
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paragraphs: (a) In these Regulations—
"the Act" means the Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994 ;
"the amount" of a bet has the meaning assigned to it in Regulation 8;
"the Authority" means the Irish Horseracing Authority established under the Act;
"away event" means an event which is not a home event;
"to become void" in relation to a bet means to become void for any reason other than the mutual consent of the parties to the bet;
"bet" means a course bet;
"betting office" means any premises at a racecourse in which betting is permitted by regulations under section 53 of the Act;
"bookmaker" means a licensed bookmaker who is the holder of a course betting permit granted by the Authority under the Act;
"commission" means a request to a bookmaker to execute a bet on behalf of a punter at a race meeting;
"multiple event bet" means a bet on the outcome of two or more specified events;
"the first horse", "the second horse" and "the subsequent horse or horses" in relation to a multiple event bet on two or more horse races mean, respectively, the horse assigned by the bet to win the first race, the horse assigned by the bet to win the second race and the horse or horses assigned by the bet to win the subsequent race or races;
"the first race", "the second race" and "the subsequent race or races" in relation to a multiple event bet on two or more specified horse races mean, respectively, the first race, the second race and the subsequent race or races specified in the bet;
"forecast bet" in relation to a horse race means a bet that two or three specified horses will be placed in a particular race first and second, or first, second and third (as the case may be) in a specified order;
"holding return" means a return in Form 2a or Form 2b showing the bets on a particular race accepted and laid off by a particular bookmaker and a return in Form 2c showing bets on away events on a particular day accepted and laid off by a particular bookmaker;
"home event" means a race at the race meeting and on the course at which the bet is entered into by the bookmaker;
"laid off" has the meaning assigned to it in Regulation 7 of these Regulations;
"the named horses" in relation to a forecast bet means the two or three horses specified in the bet and in the order so specified;
"normal bet" means a bet which is not a multiple bet;
"racecourse" means an authorised racecourse within the meaning of the Act;
"race meeting" means a race meeting held on one racecourse on one day or on two or more consecutive days;
"standard sheet" means a betting sheet in Form 2 for use by a bookmaker for the recording of bets in pursuance of these Regulations;
"the total net value" of the bets recorded in a standard sheet has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 8 of these Regulations;
"week" means a week ending at midnight on Saturday;
(b) In these Regulations every reference to the making of or entering into a bet shall be considered as a reference to the entering into a bet by a person with a bookmaker on the occurrence of an event and every reference to the accepting of a bet shall be construed as a reference to the entering into a bet by a bookmaker against the occurrence of an event.
(c) In these Regulations words and phrases which are defined in the Act and not in these Regulations shall have the meaning given to them in the Act.
(d) Except where the context otherwise requires references in these Regulations to the singular shall include references to the plural, and vice-versa and references to the masculine gender shall include references in the feminine and neutral genders and vice versa.