James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 76:

In page 109, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:

“Regulations regarding advertisements 139. (1) The Authority shall, having regard to the matters specified in subsection (3), make regulations requiring licensees to include certain matters in advertisements relating to relevant content.

(2) The Authority may, having regard to the matters specified in subsection (3), make regulations—

(a) subject to section 139, prohibiting the inclusion of certain matters in such advertisements,

(b) subject to section 141, prescribing the times, places and events at which advertisements relating to relevant content may be shown,

(c) having regard to the medium through which such advertisements are shown, prescribing—

(i) the frequency with which such advertisements may be shown or broadcast, or

(ii) the duration of such advertisements.

(3) The matters referred to in subsections (1) and (2) are—

(a) the level of participation in different types of relevant gambling activities in the State, including excessive or compulsive gambling,

(b) any expert research available to the Authority in relation to factors that may increase or decrease excessive and compulsive gambling and the means to address such gambling, and

(c) the need to prevent children from gambling.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of subsections (1) and (2)—

(a) regulations made under those subsections may be expressed to apply generally to advertisements or may make different provision for different advertisements by reference to any or all of the following:

(i) the type of gambling licence held;

(ii) a particular category or categories of relevant gambling activities, relevant gambling products or relevant gambling related services being advertised;

(iii) the medium through which advertisements are made including the medium of an audiovisual on-demand media service, an on-demand sound service communication, a social media service, a video-sharing platform service, a website, an app, television, radio or print;

(iv) in the case of regulations made under subsection (2), a specific place or event or category of places or events,

(b) regulations under subsection (1) may require any or all of the following information to be included in advertisements:

(i) the name and contact details of the licensee who is providing the relevant gambling activity and the type of gambling licence held;

(ii) a statement that children are prohibited from participating in relevant gambling activities;

(iii) a warning of the risk of excessive or compulsive gambling and the consequences of such gambling;

(iv) details of where information may be found on the risk of excessive or compulsive gambling and how to address such gambling;

(v) details of where support services are available in relation to excessive and compulsive gambling;

(vi) an explicit statement that the activity is a relevant gambling activity in respect of which a person may make a relevant payment without obtaining anything in return,

and

(c) where regulations under subsection (1) require any or all of the information referred to in paragraph (b) to be included in advertisements, such regulations may, having regard to the medium through which such advertisements are made, prescribe how the information is to be included in the advertisements, including the size, colour and font type that is to be used in giving the information.”.

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