Betting (Amendment) Act 2015

Amendment of section 12 of Principal Act

34. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by—

(i) the substitution of “such form as they may specify” for “the prescribed form”, and

(ii) the substitution of “such form as the Revenue Commissioners shall determine” for “the prescribed form”,

(b) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) Subject to sections 15 and 17 of this Act and section 78 (amended by section 77 of the Finance Act 2008 ) of the Finance Act 2002 , a premises registered in the register of bookmaking offices shall continue to be so registered until the registration final day next falling after the date on which it was so registered.”,

(c) the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) Subject to sections 15 and 17 of this Act and section 78 (amended by section 77 of the Finance Act 2008 ) of the Finance Act 2002 , each renewal of the registration of a premises in the register of bookmaking offices shall take effect from the expiration of the registration or the last renewal of the registration, as the case may be, of the premises in that register, and the premises shall continue to be so registered until the registration final day next falling after such renewal.”,

and

(d) the insertion of the following subsection:

“(5) In this section ‘registration final day’ means, in relation to the registration of a premises in the register of bookmaking offices—

(a) the 30th day of November next falling after the year immediately following the year in which section 34 of the Betting (Amendment) Act 2015 comes into operation, and

(b) the 30th day of November falling at the end of each period of 24 months following the registration final day immediately preceding the said period.”.