Betting (Amendment) Act 2015

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Number 7 of 2015

BETTING (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015

CONTENTS

Section

1. Definition

2. Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act

3. Residence of body corporate or unincorporated body of persons

4. Prohibitions

5. False representations

6. Prosecution in absentia

7. Issue of certificates of personal fitness to certain persons ordinarily resident in State

8. Issue of certificates of personal fitness to certain persons resident outside State

9. Issue of certificates of personal fitness to other persons

10. Duration of certificate of personal fitness

11. Revocation of certificate of personal fitness

12. Grounds for refusal or revocation of certificate of personal fitness

13. Bookmaker’s licence

14. Remote bookmaker’s licence and remote betting intermediary’s licence

15. Obligation to notify Garda Síochána or Minister for Justice and Equality of certain matters

16. Change in relevant officer of body corporate

17. Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act

18. Register of Licensed Bookmakers

19. Register of Remote Bookmaking Operations

20. Appeal from refusal of certificate of personal fitness or certificate of suitability of premises

21. Appeal from revocation of certificate of personal fitness

22. Extension of licence under this Act

23. Revocation of licences by District Court

24. Amendment of section 19 of Principal Act

25. Amendment of section 23 of Principal Act

26. Amendment of section 29 of Principal Act

27. Offence of false statement of age

28. Orders against unlicensed bookmakers, remote bookmakers or remote betting intermediaries

29. Service of documents

30. Offences by bodies corporate

31. Administrative cooperation

32. Regulations

33. Amendment of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Finance Act 2002

34. Amendment of section 12 of Principal Act

35. Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act

36. Amendment of section 26 of Principal Act

37. Repeal of section 32 of Principal Act

38. Tax clearance certificate in relation to licence under Act

39. Amendment of section 54 of Finance (No. 2) Act 2013

40. Short title, collective citation and commencement

Acts Referred to

Betting Act 1853 (16 & 17 Vict., c. 119)

Betting Act 1931 (No. 27)

Betting Acts 1931 and 1994

Companies Acts

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 (No. 6)

Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 (No. 7)

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 (No. 50)

Finance (No. 2) Act 2013 (No. 41)

Finance Act 2002 (No. 5)

Finance Act 2008 (No. 3)

Finance Act 2011 (No. 6)

Gaming and Lotteries Acts 1956 to 2013

Inland Revenue Regulation Act 1890 (53 & 54 Vict., c. 21)

Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994 (No. 18)

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)

Number 7 of 2015

BETTING (AMENDMENT) ACT 2015

An Act to make provision in relation to the licensing of bookmaking activities and, in particular, in relation to the conduct of bookmaking and bookmaking related operations by electronic means; for that and other purposes to amend the Betting Act 1931 ; to amend the Finance Act 2002 ; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

[15 th March, 2015]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: