S.I. No. 618/2007 - Betting Act (Revenue forms) Regulations 2007


S.I. No. 618 of 2007

BETTING ACT (REVENUE FORMS) REGULATIONS 2007

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 11th September, 2007.

I, BRIAN COWEN, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 35(2) of the Betting Act 1931 (No. 27 of 1931), hereby make the following regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Betting Act (Revenue Forms) Regulations 2007.

(2) The Betting Act (Revenue Forms) Regulations 1931 to 1999 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Betting Act (Revenue Forms) Regulations 1931 to 2007.

2. The Schedule to the Betting Act (Revenue Forms) Regulations 1931 (S.R. & O. No. 8 of 1931) is amended by substituting for the forms set out in that Schedule, the forms set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE

“FORM 1

Betting Act 1931

Application for Bookmaker’s Licence under section 7(1) of the Betting Act 1931

(This form when completed should be forwarded to the applicant’s local Revenue office.)

I 1 ........................................................of 2 ...........................................................................

1 Insert full name.

2 Insert full address.

being the person named in the attached certificate of personal fitness granted by the 3 Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform/Superintendent of the Garda Siochana for the 4 ..............................District hereby apply to the Revenue Commissioners for licence to act as a bookmaker from the 5 20 to the 30 November 20 inclusive.

3 Delete inapplicable words.

4 Insert District.

5 Insert either the next following 1 December or a date not more than 14 days after the date of the application.

Signature ...................................

Date 6 .........................................

6 The application must be made within 21 days after the issue of the certificate of personal fitness and must be accompanied by-1) an unmounted photograph of the applicant’s full face and shoulders with head uncovered. The photograph must have been taken not more than 12 months prior to the date of the application and must be approximately 8 centimetres long and 5.5 centimetres wide, and 2) a remittance for the proper amount of the excise duty payable in respect of the licence for which the application is being made.

FORM 2

Betting Act 1931

BOOKMAKER’S LICENCE

The Revenue Commissioners hereby licence* ..........................................................

residing at

in the County of

to act and carry on business as a bookmaker from the ..... day of ...................20........ until midnight on the 30 November 20...... but subject and without prejudice to all restrictions and prohibitions for the time being imposed

by law in respect of the places in which the business of bookmaking may be carried on, he or she having paid the sum of €........ for this licence.

Photograph of applicant†

Dated this ............... day of ...................20....

For the Revenue Commissioners

*Full name to be inserted.

†To be affixed in a permanent manner within this box.

FORM 3

Betting Act 1931

Bookmaker’s Licence (Temporary) granted under section 14(1) of the Betting Act 1931 .

Licence without payment of duty is hereby granted to ...........................................

of .........................................................................................................................

to continue to act and carry on business as a bookmaker on and from the ....... day of

....................... up to and including the seventh day after the decision of an appeal made by him or her on the 20 to the District Court for the District of .................. against the refusal of the Superintendent of the Garda Síochána for the District of ............................. to give the said ............................................ a certificate of personal fitness, but subject and without prejudice to all restrictions and prohibitions for the time being imposed by law in respect of the places in which the business of bookmaking may be carried on.

For the Revenue Commissioners

Date...............................

If, on the hearing of the appeal mentioned in this licence, the refusal of a certificate of personal fitness is confirmed by the Court the person to whom the licence is issued shall return this licence to the Revenue Commissioners within 8 days after the day on which the decision of the Court on the appeal is pronounced.

FORM 4

Betting Act 1931

REGISTER OF BOOKMAKING OFFICES

Registered Number

Name of Proprietor

Premises Situate at

Registered with effect from

File Number

RegistrationRenewed with effect from

...................................

...................................

...................................

...................................

..................................

..................................

...................................

..................................

Entry removed under section

with effect from .........................

OBSERVATIONS:

FORM 5

Betting Act 1931

Application for Registration or Renewal of Registration of Premises under section 12(1) of the Betting Act 1931 .

I/We 1 ................................... of 2 ...............................................................

1 Insert full name(s).

2 Insert full address.

.................................................................................................................

being a duly licensed bookmaker/duly licensed bookmakers 3 , hereby apply to the Revenue Commissioners for the 3 (renewal of the) registration in the register of bookmaking offices of the premises which are the subject of the certificate of suitability of premises, the details of which are annexed hereto and situated at 4 ............................................................ in the county of ..............................................

3 Delete inapplicable words.

4 Insert address of premises.

Signature(s)...........................................

Date.....................................

This form should be sent, on completion, to the local Revenue office for the area in which the premises to which it refers are situated at such time—

(a) that it may reach that office not more than 21 days after the issue of the certificate of suitability of premises issued in respect of the premises to which the application relates, and

(b) in the case of an application for renewal of registration, that it may reach that office not more than 14 days before the expiration of the registration or the last renewal of the registration of such premises.

On the making of an application for registration or renewal of registration of premises in the register of bookmaking offices this form must be accompanied by–

(1) a certificate of suitability of the premises to which the application relates;

(2) a remittance for the proper amount of the excise duty payable in respect of the registration or renewal of registration of the premises in respect of which the application is made.

FORM 6

Betting Act 1931

Certificate of Registration (or Renewal of Registration) of Bookmaking Offices

This is to certify that the Revenue Commissioners have entered the following particulars in the register of bookmaking offices:

Name of registered proprietor......................................................................................

Situation and description of premises.........................................................................

...........................................................................................................................................

Date from which the registration (or renewal of registration) takes effect................................

Unless and until removed from the register under or by virtue of the Betting Act 1931 , or the Finance Act 2002 , any premises registered in the register of bookmaking offices shall continue to be so registered until midnight on the 30 November next after the registration thereof and shall then (unless the registration has been renewed under the Betting Act 1931 ) be removed from the said register.

Registered premises shall not be opened or kept open for the transaction of business at any time on any Christmas Day, Good Friday or Easter Sunday or on any other day—

• at any time before 7 o’clock in the morning and after 6.30 o’clock in the evening during the period from 1 September in any year to 31 March in the following year, and

• at any time before 7 o’clock in the morning and after 10 o’clock in the evening—

(a) during the period from 1 April in any year to 31 August in that year, and

(b) during the period from 1 September in any year to 31 March in the following year on any day on which a race-meeting at an authorised racecourse is taking place on or after 6.30 o’clock in the evening on that day.

By Order of the Revenue Commissioners

Date....................................

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

4 September 2007

BRIAN COWEN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These regulations prescribe forms in respect of matters relating to the licensing and registration of bookmakers ad bookmaking offices, in place of the forms prescribed by the Betting Act (Revenue Forms) Regulations 1931 to 1999.

1 Insert full name.

2 Insert full address.

3 Delete inapplicable words.

4 Insert District.

5 Insert either the next following 1 December or a date not more than 14 days after the date of the application.

6 The application must be made within 21 days after the issue of the certificate of personal fitness and must be accompanied by-1) an unmounted photograph of the applicant’s full face and shoulders with head uncovered. The photograph must have been taken not more than 12 months prior to the date of the application and must be approximately 8 centimetres long and 5.5 centimetres wide, and 2) a remittance for the proper amount of the excise duty payable in respect of the licence for which the application is being made.

1 Insert full name(s).

2 Insert full address.

3 Delete inapplicable words.

4 Insert address of premises.