Greyhound Industry Act, 1958
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Interpretation. |
2.—(1) In this Act— | |
“authorised coursing ground” means a coursing ground at which authorised coursing meetings are held ; | ||
“authorised coursing meeting” means a coursing meeting authorised by the Club ; | ||
“authorised officer” means a person appointed in writing by the Board or the Club (as may be appropriate) to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act ; | ||
“the Board” means Bord na gCon established by this Act ; | ||
“the Club” means the Irish Coursing Club ; | ||
“course bet” means— | ||
(a) a bet entered into by a licensed bookmaker, during a greyhound race meeting held at a greyhound race track, on a greyhound race forming an item at that meeting, or | ||
(b) a bet entered into by a licensed bookmaker, during an authorised coursing meeting (not being a meeting declared by the Board by regulations to be exempted as respects the levies provided for by this Act), on an event forming an item at that meeting ; | ||
“course-betting permit” has the meaning assigned to it in section 29 ; | ||
“the establishment day” means the day appointed to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act by order of the Minister made under section 3 of this Act ; | ||
“greyhound race” means a greyhound race (including trial and schooling) in which an object propelled by mechanical means is pursued; | ||
“greyhound race track” means a greyhound race track on which greyhound races are held for reward ; | ||
“greyhound race track licence” has the meaning specified in section 22 ; | ||
“licensed bookmaker” means a person who is for the time being the holder of a bookmaker's licence issued to him under the Betting Act, 1931 (No. 27 of 1931) ; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Agriculture ; | ||
“precincts” means, in relation to an authorised coursing ground, any place adjacent to that coursing ground to which the public habitually resort for the purpose of watching coursing ; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Board under this Act ; | ||
“totalisator licence” means a licence granted under the Totalisator Act, 1929 (No. 22 of 1929). | ||
(2) A reference in this Act to a contravention of any provision includes, where appropriate, a reference to contravention of that provision by failing or refusing to comply therewith. |