S.I. No. 8/1991 - Greyhound Race Track (Totalisator) (Operating) Amendment Regulations, 1991.

S.I. No. 8 of 1991.

GREYHOUND RACE TRACK (TOTALISATOR) (OPERATING) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS, 1991.

Bord na gCon in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sub-section (iii) of section 40 and by sub-section (ii) of section 5 of the Greyhound Industry Act, 1958 , (No. 12 of 1958) hereby makes the following regulations, that is to say:—

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Greyhound Race Track (Totalisator) (Operating) Amendment Regulations, 1991.

(2) The Greyhound Race Track (Totalisator) (Operating) Regulations, 1971, (No. 47 of 1971) are hereby amended as follows:—

By the deletion of Article 44 thereof and the substitution therefor of an Article in the following terms:—

44 ( a ) If a greyhound is withdrawn in the first or the third selected races in the pool before termination of betting in the races then tickets bearing the number of the withdrawn greyhound shall be exchanged for tickets in the first or third selected races as the case may be.

( b ) If a greyhound is withdrawn in any of the selected races after the termination of betting then tickets bearing the number of the withdrawn greyhound shall be deemed to contain in lieu thereof the race card number of the greyhound running in that race upon which the greater number of units has been staked in the totalisator Win Pool operated on that race.

( c ) If a greyhound is withdrawn after the termination of betting in any of the selected races and if an equal number of units in such Win Pool has been staked on two or more greyhounds running in that race and if the number of units is greater than the number of units staked in such Win Pool on any other runner in that race, then tickets containing the race card number of any greyhound withdrawn as aforesaid from that race shall be deemed to contain in lieu thereof the numerically lowest race card number of such equally backed greyhounds.

( d ) If for any reason it is not in the opinion of the operator, possible to determine the number of the greyhound which should be substituted every ticket containing the race card number of a greyhound withdrawn shall be deemed to contain in lieu thereof the race card number of such greyhound as may be determined by the operator.

(3) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 4th day of February, 1991.

GIVEN under the Seal of Bord na gCon this 18th day of January 1991.

(Signed) KEVIN G. FROST,

Chairman of the Board.

(Signed) SEAN M. COLLINS,

Chief Executive Officer of the Board.

An officer authorised by the Board to authenticate the seal of the Board.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these regulations is to amend the Greyhound Race Track (Totalisator) (Operating) Regulations, 1971, to allow for an alternation in the procedures in the Twin Double Pool in respect of withdrawn greyhounds in the selected races in the Pool.