Gambling Regulation Act 2024

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Chapter 7

Consequential amendments to other enactments

Amendment of Act of 1958

262. (1) The Act of 1958 is amended—

(a) in section 2(1)—

(i) by the insertion of the following definitions—

“ ‘Act of 2024’ means the Gambling Regulation Act 2024;

‘betting licence’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2024;

‘in-person betting licence’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2024;

‘in-person and remote betting licence’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2024;

‘licensed bookmaker’ means a licensee (within the meaning of the Act of 2024) of an in-person betting licence or an in-person and remote betting licence for the time being in force under the Act of 2024 which licence authorises the licensee to act as a bookmaker (within the meaning of section 3 (2) of the Act of 2024);

‘pool betting’ has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2024;”,

and

(ii) by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “totalisator licence”:

“ ‘totalisator licence’ means a betting licence to the extent that the licence authorises the licensee (within the meaning of the Act of 2024) of that licence to provide pool betting for an event, a series of events or a class of events;”,

(b) in section 18B(1), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) to provide pool betting in accordance with the terms of a totalisator licence held by the Board.”,

(c) in section 23—

(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “Subject to the Act of 2024, the Board may” for “The Board may”,

(ii) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “Subject to the Act of 2024, the Board may” for “The Board may”,

(iii) in subsection (3)(d), by the substitution of “conditions as to permitting the Board, as the holder of a totalisator licence, to provide pool betting” for “conditions as to permitting the Board to set up, maintain and work totalisators”, and

(iv) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “suitable for providing pool betting” for “suitable for a totalisator”,

(d) in section 32D—

(i) in subsection (1)—

(I) by the substitution of “Subject to this section and the Act of 2024, the Board may” for “Subject to this section, the Board may”, and

(II) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (i):

“(i) the relevant betting activities (within the meaning of the Act of 2024) that may be made available at betting offices,”,

(ii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) The Board shall consult with the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland before making regulations under subsection (1).”,

and

(iii) in subsection (2), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) on any day and during such hours that are not prescribed under section 176 (1) of the Act of 2024 as days or hours, or both, during which a licensee (within the meaning of the Act of 2024) of an in person gambling licence may not open a premises in respect of which the licence is held, and”,

and

(e) in section 40—

(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “where the Board provides pool betting” for “where the Board maintains totalisators”,

(ii) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “out of moneys staked by means of pool betting provided by the Board” for “out of moneys staked by means of totalisators maintained by the Board”, and

(iii) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “pool betting provided by the Board” for “totalisators maintained by the Board”.

(2) Notwithstanding the coming into operation of subsection (1), the Act of 1958 as it stood immediately before such coming into operation shall continue to apply in respect of the holder of a bookmaker’s licence that is in force in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 10 .

(3) Notwithstanding the coming into operation of subsection (1), where immediately before the coming into operation Rásaíocht Con Éireann holds a totalisator licence in accordance with section 20 of the Act of 1958 as it stood immediately before such coming into operation, that Act as it stood immediately before such coming into operation and any regulations made under that Act shall, for so long as that totalisator licence remains in force, continue to apply in respect of that licence.