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Amendment of section 23 of Principal Act
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25. Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “bookmaker, remote bookmaker or remote betting intermediary” for “licensed bookmaker”,
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(b) in subsection (2), by the deletion of the words “and officers of An Post or Bord Telecom Éireann entering such premises in the course of their duty as such officers”,
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(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):
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“(3) A person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable—
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(a) on summary conviction to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both, or
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(b) on indictment to a fine not exceeding €50,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.”,
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(d) by the insertion of the following subsection:
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“(5) In this section ‘betting transaction’ includes—
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(a) any act done in the course of business by a remote betting intermediary that facilitates the making of a bet by or on behalf of another person, and
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(b) the creation of a betting account.”.
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