Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
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                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
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						Ss. 1-22 | 
					
						5 May 1945 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
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						Ss. 23-30 | 
					
						6 October 1945 | 
					Racing Board and Racecourses Act, 1945 (Commencement of Chapters II and III of Part III) Order 1945 (S.I. No. 243 of 1945), art. 2 | 
				
			
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						Ss. 31-40 | 
					
						5 May 1945 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
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						Schedule | 
					
						5 May 1945 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
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						Rep. | 
					18/1994, ss. 3, 4 | 
					
			
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						Contin. in op. of cert. prov. | 
					18/1994, ss. 3, 59 (4) | 
					
			
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						Contin. in op. of regs. and instrs. made or docs. issued | 
					18/1994, s.77 (1) | 
					
			
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						S. 2 references construed | 
					S.I. No. 56 of 1980, art. 5(1)(a) | 
					
			
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						S. 5(2) amended | 
					S.I. No. 56 of 1980, art. 5(1)(b) | 
					
			
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						S. 6(3) amended | 
					S.I. No. 56 of 1980, art. 5(1)(c)(i) | 
					
			
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						S. 6(5) amended | 
					S.I. No. 56 of 1980, art. 5(1)(c)(i) | 
					
			
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						S. 6(9) deleted | 
					S.I. No. 56 of 1980, art. 5(1)(c)(ii) | 
					
			
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						S.14, contin. in being of course est. | 
					18/1994, ss. 3, 38 (6) | 
					
			
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						S. 17 amended | 
					S.I. No. 56 of 1980, art. 5(1)(d) | 
					
			
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						S. 19(2)(a) amended | 
					S.I. No. 56 of 1980, art. 5(1)(e) | 
					
			
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						S. 20 references construed | 
					S.I. No. 56 of 1980, art. 5(2) | 
					
			
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						S.24, contin. in op. of permit granted. | 
					18/1994, ss. 3, 48 (20) | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
					| 
						S. 3(1) | 
					Racing Board and Racecourses Act, 1945 (Appointment of Establishment Date) Order 1945 (S.I. No. 145 of 1945) | 
				
			
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						S. 3(2) | 
					Racing Board and Racecourses Act, 1945 (Appointment of Transfer Date) Order 1945 (S.I. No. 185 of 1945) | 
				
			
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						S. 27 | 
					Racecourse (Levy) (Percentage) Regulations 1985 (S.I. No. 86 of 1985) | 
				
			
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					Racecourse (Levy) (Percentage) Regulations 1980 (S.I. No. 181 of 1980) | 
				
			
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					Racecourse (Levy) (Percentage) Regulations 1975 (S.I. No. 130 of 1975) | 
				
			
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					Racecourse (Levy) (Percentage) Regulations 1964 (S.I. No. 121 of 1964) | 
				
			
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						S. 28 | 
					Racecourse (Levy Collection) (Amendment) Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 401 of 1994) | 
				
			
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					Racecourse (Levy Collection) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 274 of 1989) | 
				
			
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					Racecourse (Levy Collection) (Amendment) Regulations 1986 (S.I. No. 323 of 1986) | 
				
			
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						S. 28(1) | 
					Racecourse (Levy Collection) Regulations 1977 (S.I. No. 404 of 1977) |