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Uimhir 22 de 1929.
ACHT NA SUIMITHEOIRÍ, 1929.
Mínithe.
1.—San Acht so—
cialluíonn an abairt “an tAire” an tAire Airgid;
cialluíonn an focal “suimitheoir” apparatus no có-ghléasa tré n-ar féidir do gach duine fé leith d'aon mhéid daoine airgead do chur ina gheall ar ní atá le teacht ar na téarmaí, an méid a bhéarfidh an lucht curtha geall go n-eireoidh leo, go bhfuil sé ag brath ar an méid iomlán no le háireamh tré fhéachaint chun an méid iomlán a cuireadh ina gheall ar an ní sin tríd an apparatus no tríd an gcó-ghléasa cé nách ar aon tora amháin a bheidh ar an ní sin a cuirfí an t-iomlán agus foluíonn an focal san gach oifig, ticéad, breacthóir, agus rud eile a chabhruíonn no a bhaineann le hoibriú an apparatuis no an chó-ghléasa.
Toirmeasc ar shuimitheoirí nea-cheadúnaithe.
2.—(1) Ní bheidh sé dleathach d'éinne (lasmuich de sna Coimisinéirí Ioncuim) suimitheoir do bhunú, do choinneáil ar siúl, ná d'oibriú ach amháin sa mhéid agus sa tslí go mbeidh an bunú, an choinneáil-ar-siúl agus an t-oibriú san údaruithe le ceadúnas chuige sin a bheidh deonta fén Acht so.
(2) Gach duine a bhunóidh, a choinneoidh ar siúl, no a oibreoidh suimitheoir contrárdha don alt so beidh sé ciontach i gcionta fén alt so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfar fíneáil mháil de chúig céad punt do chur air.
Ceadúnaisí suimitheora do dheona.
3.—(1) Féadfidh an tAire, más oiriúnach agus pé uair is oiriúnach leis é, ceadúnaisí (dá ngairmtear ceadúnaisí suimitheora san Acht so) do dheona do pé daoine is oiriúnach leis chun suimitheoirí do bhunú, do choinneáil ar siúl, agus d'oibriú.
(2) Oibreoidh gach ceadúnas suimitheora chun a údarú don duine dá ndeonfar é (a haimneofar sa cheadúnas) suimitheoir do bhunú, do choinneáil ar siúl, agus d'oibriú san áit agus ar an ócáid no ar na hócáidí no ar feadh na tréimhse a bheidh luaidhte sa cheadúnas san fé réir na gcoiníoll agus na sriantacht a bheidh leagtha amach sa cheadúnas san agus fé réir na rialachán a bheidh déanta ag an Aire fén Acht so.
(3) Féadfidh an tAire pé táille is oiriúnach leis d'éileamh ar son deona aon cheadúnais tsuimitheora, agus féadfar aon táille den tsórt san d'íoc ina haon íocaíocht amháin no ina sreath d'íocaíochtaí tréimhsiúla agus féadfa sí bheith de mhéid shocruithe no de mhéid atharathach agus sa chás dheiridh sin féadfar, más oiriúnach leis an Aire é, í áireamh tré fhéachaint chun na suimeanna do cuireadh ina ngill tríd an suimitheoir le n-a mbaineann an ceadúnas.
(4) Féadfar, fé mar is oiriúnach leis an Aire, ceadúnas suimitheora do dheona i gcóir aon áit no áiteanna áirithe no i gcóir gach áite d'aicme no d'aicmí, no de shaghas no de shaghasanna, áirithe i Saorstát Éireann no in aon pháirt áirithe de Shaorstát Éireann agus féadfar é dheona i gcóir ócáide no ócáidí áirithe no i gcóir gach ócáide d'aicme no d'aicmí, no de shaghas no de shaghasanna, áirithe a eireoidh i rith tréimhse áirithe.
(5) Féadfidh an tAire pé sriantachtaí agus coiníollacha is oiriúnach leis do chur le haon cheadúnas suimitheora ach ní bheidh aon éifeacht le haon choiníoll ná sriantacht den tsórt san mara mbeidh sé leagtha amach sa cheadúnas.
(6) I gcás ina ndeonfidh an tAire ceadúnas d'aon duine no daoine chun oibrithe in aon áit no áiteanna no i gcás ina ndéanfidh na Coimisinéirí Ioncuim suimitheoir do bhunú, do choinneáil ar siúl no d'oibriú in aon áit no áiteanna déanfidh na daoine ag a mbeidh bainistí na háite no na n-áiteanna san áit no áiteanna do chur ar fáil pe'ca i bhfoirgint é no nách ea ina bhféadfidh geall-ghlacadóirí ceadúnaithe (nách daoine atá dí-cháilithe fé aon Rás-Rialacha fé aitheantas) a ngnó do dhéanamh agus chun a bhféadfidh an phuiblíocht teacht chun gill do chur, agus an méid a héileofar ar aon gheall-ghlacadóir cheadúnaithe den tsórt san agus ar aon chongantóir a bheidh ina theanta as iad a leigint isteach chun na háite no na n-áiteanna san chun críche gnótha an gheall-ghlacadóra cheadúnaithe ní raghaidh sé, i gcás aon gheall-ghlacadóra cheadúnaithe den tsórt san, thar cúig oiread an mhéide ná i gcás congantóra thar an méid a héileofar ar dhaoine den phuiblíocht as iad do leigint isteach chun na háite no na n-áiteanna ina mbeidh ar aigne ag an ngeall-ghlacadóir ceadúnaithe a ghnó do dhéanamh.
Suimitheoirí a bhunóidh na Coimisinéirí Ioncuim.
4.—(1) Féadfidh an tAire a údarú do sna Coimisinéirí Ioncuim suimitheoir do bhunú, do choinneáil ar siúl, agus d'oibriú i pé áiteanna agus ar pé ócáidí a ordóidh sé no, más oiriúnach leis an Aire é, i pé áiteanna agus ar pé ócáidí is oiriúnach leis na Coimisinéirí Ioncuim le toiliú an Aire.
(2) Ní údaróidh an t-alt so suimitheoir do bhunú in aon áit gan toiliú an té gur leis an áit sin no go bhfuil úsáid na háite sin no dul isteach chun na háite sin fé n-a stiúra.
Cad déanfar le táillí agus le proifití suimitheora.
5.—Íocfar isteach sa Stát-Chiste no socrófar chun tairbhe dho ar pé slí a ordóidh an tAire gach táille a híocfar ar dheona ceadúnaisí suimitheora fén Acht so agus gach proifit a gheobhaidh na Coimisinéirí Ioncuim as suimitheoirí d'oibriú fen Acht so.
Rialacháin i dtaobh suimitheoirí.
6.—(1) Féadfidh an tAire, le hordú, rialacháin do dhéanamh chun smacht do chimeád agus chun rialáil do dhéanamh ar shuimitheoirí do bhunú, do choinneáil ar siúl agus d'oibriú fé cheadúnaisí suimitheora.
(2) Féadfidh an tAire, le hordú, rialacháin do dhéanamh chun rialáil do dhéanamh agus chun smacht do chimeád ar oibriú suimitheoirí a bheidh bunuithe ag na Coimisinéirí Ioncuim fén Acht so agus ar úsáid na suimitheoirí sin ag an bpuiblíocht no na daoine den phuiblíocht dar féidir dul isteach chun na n-áiteanna ina mbeidh na suimitheoirí sin bunuithe.
(3) Gach rialachán a déanfar fén alt so leagfar é fé bhráid gach Tighe den Oireachtas chó luath agus is féidir é tar éis a dhéanta, agus má dhineann ceachtar Tigh acu san, laistigh den lá is fiche a shuidhfe sé tar éis an rialachán san do bheith leagtha fé na bhráid, rún do rith ag cur an rialacháin sin ar nea-mbrí, beidh an rialachán san curtha ar nea-mbrí dá réir sin, ach beidh san gan dochar do dhleathacht éinní a dineadh roimhe sin fén rialachán san.
Pionóisí.
7.—Má sháruíonn éinne aon cheann de sna coiníollacha no de sna sriantachtaí gur fé n-a réir a thug an tAire ceadúnas suimitheora amach fén Acht so no má sháruíonn sé aon rialachán a bheidh déanta ag an Aire fén Acht so beidh sé ciontach i gcionta agus in aghaidh gach cionta dlighfar ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair fíneáil mháil de chúig céad punt do chur air.
Costaisí.
8.—Sa mhéid go gceadóidh an tAire é is amach as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas a híocfar gach costas fe n-a raghfar ag cur an Achta so i bhfeidhm.
Athghairm.
9.—Athghairmtear leis seo ailt 23 go 27 den Acht um Gheall. Chur, 1926 (Uimh. 38 de 1926).
Gearr-theideal.
10.—Féadfar Acht na Suimitheoirí, 1929, do ghairm den Acht so.
Number 22 of 1929.
TOTALISATOR ACT, 1929.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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No. 38 of 1926 | |
Number 22 of 1929.
TOTALISATOR ACT, 1929.
Definitions.
1.—In this Act—
the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Finance; the word “totalisator” means an apparatus or organisation by means of which an unlimited number of persons can each stake money in respect of a future event on the terms that the amount to be won by the successful stakers is dependent on or to be calculated with reference to the total amount staked by means of the apparatus or organisation in relation to that event but not necessarily on the same contingency, and the said word includes all offices, tickets, recorders, and other things ancillary or incidental to the working of the apparatus or organisation.
Prohibition of unlicensed totalisators.
2.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person (other than the Revenue Commissioners) to set up, maintain, or work a totalisator save in so far and in such manner as such setting up, maintenance and working is authorised by a licence in that behalf granted under this Act.
(2) Every person who sets up, maintains, or works a totalisator in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to an excise penalty of five hundred pounds.
Grant of totalisator licences.
3.—(1) The Minister may, if and whenever he thinks fit, grant to such persons as he thinks fit licences (in this Act referred to as totalisator licences) to set up, maintain, and work totalisators.
(2) Every totalisator licence shall operate to authorise the person to whom it is granted (who shall be named in the licence) to set up, maintain, and work a totalisator at the place and on the occasion or occasions or during the period specified in such licence but subject to the conditions and restrictions set out in such licence and to the regulations made by the Minister under this Act.
(3) The Minister may charge such fee for the grant of any totalisator licence as he shall think fit, and any such fee may be either a single payment or a series of periodical payments and may be either of fixed or of variable amount and in the latter case may, if the Minister so thinks fit, be calculated by reference to the sums staked by means of the totalisator to which the licence relates.
(4) A totalisator licence may, as the Minister shall think fit, be granted in respect of any one or more specified places or in respect of all places of one or more specified classes or descriptions in Saorstát Eireann or any specified part of Saorstát Eireann and may be granted for one or more specified occasions or for all occasions of one or more specified classes or descriptions occurring during a specified period.
(5) The Minister may attach to any totalisator licence such restrictions and conditions as he shall think fit but no such condition or restriction shall be of any effect unless the same is set out in the licence.
(6) Where the Minister grants a licence to any person or persons to operate in any place or places or where the Revenue Commissioners set up, maintain or work a totalisator at any place or places the persons having the management of such place or places shall provide a place or places whether in a building or not where licensed bookmakers (provided always that they are not disqualified persons under any recognised Rules of Racing) may carry on their business and to which the public may resort for the purpose of betting, and the charge to any such licensed bookmaker and to any assistant accompanying him for admission to such place or places for the purpose of the licensed bookmaker's business shall, in the case of any such licensed bookmaker not exceed five times the amount and in the case of an assistant not exceed the amount of the charge made to members of the public for admission to the place or places where the licensed bookmaker intends to carry on his business.
Totalisators set up by Revenue Commissioners.
4.—(1) The Minister may authorise the Revenue Commissioners to set up, maintain, and work a totalisator in such places and on such occasions as he shall direct or, if the Minister so thinks fit, in such places and on such occasions as the Revenue Commissioners shall with the consent of the Minister think fit.
(2) This section shall not authorise the setting up of a totalisator in any place without the consent of the person who owns or has control of the use of or admission to such place.
Disposal of totalisator fees and profits.
5.—All fees paid for the grant of totalisator licences under this Act and all profits derived from the working of totalisators by the Revenue Commissioners under this Act shall be paid into or disposed for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister shall direct.
Regulations in regard to totalisators.
6.—(1) The Minister may by order make regulations for controlling and regulating the setting up, maintenance, and working of totalisators under totalisator licences.
(2) The Minister may by order make regulations for regulating and controlling the working of totalisators set up by the Revenue Commissioners under this Act and the use of such totalisators by the public or the members of the public having access to the places in which such totalisators are set up.
(3) Every regulation made under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made, and if either such House shall, within the next subsequent twenty-one days on which it has sat after such regulation is laid before it, pass a resolution annulling such regulation, such regulation shall be annulled accordingly, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
Penalties.
7.—If any person contravenes any of the conditions or restrictions subject to which the Minister has issued a totalisator licence under this Act or contravenes any regulation made by the Minister under this Act he shall be guilty of an offence and shall for each offence on summary conviction thereof be liable to an excise penalty of five hundred pounds.
Expenses.
8.—All expenses incurred in carrying this Act into execution shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
Repeal.
9.—Sections 23 to 27 of the Betting Act, 1926 (No. 38 of 1926), are hereby repealed.
Short title.
10.—This Act may be cited as the Totalisator Act, 1929.