Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2024-09-26
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Sharon Keogan (IND), Industrial and Commercial Panel

I move amendment No. 108:
In page 54, after line 30, to insert the following:
"Control by local authorities of amusement halls and casinos
66. (1) Gambling in an amusement hall shall be unlawful unless the amusement hall is situated in an area a resolution has been adopted by a local authority in accordance with section 65 .
(2) No licence shall be granted by the authority in respect of an amusement hall where gambling would be unlawful by reason of subsection (1) .
(3) In this section, "amusement hall" means any premises including any casino in which members of the public are permitted to gamble in person by the use of any machine or machines which are operated by means of the insertion or use of any currency (coin or note) or token or any card (including credit cards, debit cards, or charge card, or by use of any terminal (including fixed odds betting terminals) for a gambling process determined there or elsewhere.".

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Sitting date: 2024-09-26