S.I. No. 324/1977:

GREYHOUND RACE TRACK (RACING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1977.

GREYHOUND RACE TRACK (RACING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1977.

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

(1) These regulations may be cited as the Greyhound Race Track (Racing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1977.

(2) The Greyhound Race Track (Racing) Regulations, 1967 (No. 133 of 1967) are hereby amended as follows:--

( a ) by the addition of a further sub-article to article 6 in the following terms:--

(10) Any greyhound which has had its identity card marked "suspended for fighting" shall not run in or be accepted for any sweepstake, feature event or classic until it has run at least two satisfactory races after it has been reinstated.

( b ) by the deletion of sub-article 7 (1) (b) of article 8 and the substitution therefor of a sub-article in the following terms:--

In the case of an unraced greyhound that the first trial run by such greyhound at each track is entered in its identity card and every trial and race after it has recorded the prescribed qualifying time.

( c ) by the deletion of sub-article (3) of article 22 and the substitution therefor of a sub-article in the following terms:--

Persons engaged by the race track executive to parade greyhounds shall be interchanged after each race.

( d ) by the addition of a paragraph to sub-article (1) (g) of article 24 in the following terms:--

This provision shall not apply to a greyhound listed on the race card as a runner or reserve for a particular race at a particular track where such race could not have been run for any reason provided the said greyhound races at that track within 14 days of the postponed or abandoned race.

( e ) By the deletion of sub-articles (12) and (13) of article 27 and the substitution therefor of a sub-article in the following terms:--

Where two or more greyhounds registered in the same ownership or in the same partnership are entered for an event with eliminating heats the greyhounds shall be guarded by the race track executive as far as possible throughout the event but this provision shall not apply to the first round of an event where one or more of such greyhounds listed as reserves replace withdrawn greyhounds.

(3) These regulations shall come into operation on the 14th day of November, 1977.

GIVEN under the Seal of Bord na gCon on this 19th day of October, 1977.

DES HANRAHAN,

Chairman of the Board.

SEAMUS P. FLANAGAN,

Chief Officer of the Board.

An Officer authorised by the Board to authenticate the Seal of the Board.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of these regulations is to amend the Greyhound Race Track (Racing) Regulations, 1967, regarding the control of greyhound racing.