Horse Racing (Charges on Bookmakers) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2007 No. 83

HORSE RACING AND BETTING

Horse Racing (Charges on Bookmakers) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Made

8th February 2007

Coming into operation

26th March 2007

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (1), makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 9(1) of the Horse Racing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (2) and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel. In accordance with Article 9(1) of that Order, the Department has consulted with such organisations as appear to it to substantially represent the interests of bookmakers.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Horse Racing (Charges on Bookmakers) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007 and shall come into operation on 26^th March 2007.

Charges on bookmakers

2.  The charges to be paid to the Department under Article 9 of the Horse Racing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 for the benefit of the Fund shall be –

(a) £99 in the case of every person to whom paragraph (1)(a) of that Article applies;

(b) £1,123 in the case of every person to whom paragraph (1)(b) of that Article applies.

Revocation

3.  The Horse Racing (Charges on Bookmakers) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003 (3) is hereby revoked.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 8^th February 2007.

John Speers

A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

The Department of Finance and Personnel consents to the foregoing Regulations.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 8th February 2007.

JMV Layberry

A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 9(1) of the Horse Racing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 provides for charges to be paid to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development by persons who intend to apply for bookmakers’ and bookmaking office licences.

This Order increases the charges payable –

(a) by persons, other than those mentioned in paragraph (b), who intend to apply for the grant or renewal of a bookmaker’s licence, from £90 to £99; and

(b) by persons who intend to apply for the grant or renewal of a bookmaking office licence or to have the provisional grant of a bookmaking office licence declared final, from £1,017 to £1,123.

This Order also revokes the Horse Racing (Charges on Bookmakers) Order (Northern Ireland) 2003.

(1)

Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland. see Article 3(4) of S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1)

(2)

S.I. 1990/1508 (N.I. 12)

(3)

S.R. 2003 No. 375