S.I. No. 138/1982:

GREYHOUND RACE TRACK (RACING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1982.

GREYHOUND RACE TRACK (RACING) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1982.

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, 1982.

(2) The Greyhound Race Track (Racing) Regulations, 1967 (No. 133 of 1967) and the Greyhound Race Track (Racing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1977 ( S.I. No. 324 of 1977 ) are hereby amended as follows:--

( a ) by the deletion of sub-article (1) (g) of Article 24 of the Greyhound Race Track (Racing) Regulations, 1967 and the deletion of sub-Article (d) of Article 2 of the Greyhound Race Track (Racing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1977 and the substitution therefor of a sub-article in the following terms:--

The racing manager shall not permit to compete in a race any unraced greyhound whose last qualifying trial was run more than forty two days prior to the race and shall not permit to compete in a race any raced greyhound whose last previous performance was recorded more than forty two days prior to the race.

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.

( b ) by the deletion of sub-article (2) of Article 27 of the Greyhound Race Track (Racing) Regulations, 1967 and the substitution therefor of a sub-article in the following terms:--

When greyhounds run a dead-heat for first place, the stakes shall be divided between the owners of the dead-heating greyhounds. The dead-heat shall not be run off unless the race is an eliminating heat for a cup or stakes in which only the greyhound winning such heat may compete, in which event the greyhounds which dead-heat may run a trial between them over the same course and from their original traps at a time fixed by the stewards but in any event not sooner than 20 minutes after such dead-heat. The winner of the trial shall go forward to the next heat. If the draw for traps in the next heat takes place before the result of the trial is known, a blank shall be put in and the winner of the trial shall take the trap drawn by the blank. If however the persons in charge of the greyhounds which dead-heat agree to the toss of a coin to determine the greyhound to go forward the Control Steward shall toss the coin. The decision to toss the coin shall be taken immediately after the result of the race is announced. The same procedures shall be followed when greyhounds dead-heat for second place and only two greyhounds go forward to the next round and when greyhounds dead-heat for third place and only three greyhounds go forward to the next round.

( c ) by the deletion of sub-article 3 and 4 of Article 27 of the Greyhound Race Track (Racing) Regulations, 1967.

(3) These regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1982.

GIVEN under the Seal of Bord na gCon this 12th day of May, 1982.

DES HANRAHAN,

Chairman of the Board.

SÉAMUS 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 and the Greyhound Race Track (Racing) (Amendment) Regulations, 1977 regarding the time during which a greyhound must race and also the method to determine the greyhound to go forward to the next round in the event of a dead-heat.