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16 1945

RACING BOARD AND RACECOURSES ACT, 1945

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Short title.

1. —This Act may be cited as the Racing Board and Racecourses Act, 1945.

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

the expression “authorised officer of the Board” means a person appointed in writing by the Board to be an authorised officer for the purposes of Part III of this Act;

the expression “authorised racecourse” means a racecourse at which race meetings are held with the sanction of either or both of the Governing Bodies;

the expression “the Board” means the Racing Board established by this Act;

the expression “course bet” means a bet entered into by a licensed bookmaker, during a race meeting held on an authorised racecourse and at that authorised racecourse or in the precincts thereof, on a horse race forming an item at that race meeting;

the expression “course-betting permit” means a permit granted by the Board under section 24 of this Act;

the expression “the dissolved company” means the company known as the Board of Control for Mechanical Betting in Ireland dissolved by this Act;

the expression “the establishment date” means the date appointed to be the establishment date for the purposes of this Act by order of the Minister made under section 3 of this Act;

the word “executive”, in relation to an authorised racecourse means the person who owns or exercises control over that racecourse;

the expression “Governing Body” means any body being—

(a) the Irish Turf Club, or

(b) the Irish National Hunt Steeplechase Committee;

the word “levy” means a levy payable under section 27 of this Act;

the expression “licensed bookmaker” means a person who is for the time being the holder of a bookmaker's licence issued to him under the Betting Act, 1931 (No. 27 of 1931);

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Finance;

the word “precincts”, in relation to an authorised racecourse, means any place adjacent to that racecourse to which the public habitually resort for the purpose of watching racing;

the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Board under this Act;

the expression “totalisator licence” means a licence granted under the Totalisator Act, 1929 (No. 22 of 1929);

the expression “the transfer date” means the date appointed to be the transfer date for the purposes of this Act by order of the Minister made under section 3 of this Act.

Establishment date and transfer date.

3. —(1) The Minister may by order appoint a day to be the establishment date for the purposes of this Act.

(2) The Minister may by order appoint a day to be the transfer date for the purposes of this Act.