S.I. No. 402 of 2009

GREYHOUND INDUSTRY (RACING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 2009

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 2nd October, 2009.

Bord na gCon, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Sections 25 and 48 of the Greyhound Industry Act 1958 (No. 12 of 1958), and also by sub-section (3) of section 5 of said 1958 Act, hereby makes the following regulations, that is to say:-

1. These regulations may be cited as the Greyhound Industry (Racing) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009.

2. The Greyhound Industry (Racing) Regulations, 2007 (No. 302 of 2007) are hereby amended as follows:-

(i) by the deletion of "31.00" in Article 3(5) and the substitution therefore of "30.70".

These regulations shall come into effect on the 1st day of August, 2009.

GIVEN under the Seal of Bord Na gCon,

29 June 2009.

Signed: RICHARD O'SULLIVAN,

Chairman of the Board.

Signed: ADRIAN NEILAN,

Chief Executive of the Board, an officer authorised by the Board to authenticate the Seal of the Board.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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

The effect of these regulations is to amend the Greyhound Industry (Racing) Regulations, 2007, to reduce the qualifying time for novice (unraced) greyhounds over a distance of 525 yards from 31.00 seconds to 30.70 seconds and its equivalent over any other distance.