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91B Bookmaker's licence levy
S. 91B(1) amended by No. 35/2001 s. 6(Sch. 1 item 14).
(1) A controlling body may make rules—
(a) imposing a periodic levy on a bookmaker who is required by the controlling body to hold a club bookmaker's licence; and
(b) providing for the calculation of the levy, including the classes of bets that are to be included or excluded for the purpose of calculating the levy; and
(c) providing for the payment and recovery of the levy, including the imposition of interest on late payment; and
(d) providing for the application of the proceeds of the levy, including interest on late payment and fines (other than the proportion that is paid into a bookmaking development fund under section 91C(2)(a)); and
(e) imposing requirements for the making and recording of betting transactions and the reporting to the controlling body of those transactions and other information required by the controlling body; and
(f) imposing sanctions for non-compliance with the rules, including fines, licence suspension and disqualification.
(2) A levy imposed by rules made under this section may differ according to different classes of bets or different classes of bookmakers, or both.
S. 91B(3) repealed by No. 55/2012 s. 20.
(4) A controlling body may recover any levy, interest or fine payable by a bookmaker under rules made under this section in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the controlling body.
(5) Rules made under this section, and any amendments to them, do not come into operation until they are approved in writing by the Minister under section 91D.
S. 91C inserted by No. 24/2000 s. 13.