Irish Horseracing Industry Act, 1994
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Offences and penalties. |
6.—(1) A person who contravenes section 14 (1), 15 (1), 16 (1), 17 (1), 47 (3), 48 (7), (18) or (19), 50 (3), 51 (3) or (4), 52 , 53 (4), 55 (3), 57 (6), 60 (2), 62 (5), 65 (5) or 67 (2) or (3) shall be guilty of a summary offence. | |
(2) A person who contravenes section 33 (1), 47 (1), 54 (1), or 59 (6) shall be guilty of an offence. | ||
(3) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a body corporate or by a person acting on behalf of a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of, or to have been facilitated by any neglect on the part of any director, manager, secretary or any other officer of such body, such person shall also be guilty of an offence. | ||
(4) A person guilty of an offence under this Act, shall be liable— | ||
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £1,000, or | ||
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £100,000. | ||
(5) Where a person, after conviction for an offence under this Act, continues to contravene the provision concerned, he shall be guilty of an offence on every day on which the contravention continues and for each such offence he shall be liable— | ||
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £200, or | ||
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £5,000. | ||
(6) In this section, a reference to the contravention of a provision includes, where appropriate, a reference to a refusal or a failure, to comply with that provision. |