James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 50:

In page 69, line 28, to delete “sell or supply” and substitute “subject to subsection (2), sell or supply”.

These technical amendments clarify the application of section 88 of the Bill. Section 88 provides that the authority may issue a business-to-business gambling licence, which authorises the licensee to sell or supply a gambling product or services.

Amendment No. 50 restructures section 88, as currently drafted, into a new subsection (1).

Amendment No. 51 inserts a new subsection 88(2) to provide that a business-to-business licensee may not sell a gaming machine if such a machine cannot be adapted to comply with the maximum payment and winning limits set out in Schedule 2 to the Bill.

Amendment No. 55 provides that where a person applies for a business-to-consumer gambling licence, he or she must indicate as part of the application if he or she wishes to provide games for the purpose of gambling via a gaming machine and the number of machines he or she wishes to operate.

Amendment No. 57 provides that a business-to-consumer licence issued by the authority shall specify the number of gaming machines that may be used by a licensee pursuant to his or her licence.

Amendment No. 62 restructures subsection (1) to provide that licensees may apply to the authority to vary the games they can provide pursuant to a licence to vary the number of gaming machines a licensee may operate pursuant to a gambling licence or, where they wish, to vary the games that may be provided via a gaming machine where the licensees did not originally do so at the time of applying for a gaming licence.

Amendment No. 63 provides that where an application is made to vary a gambling licence, any supporting information or documentation for that application must include details of the number of gaming machines proposed to be used by the licensee making the application where appropriate.

Amendment No. 68 amends section 121 to refer to the correct subsections in section 88.

Amendment No. 69 inserts the correct references to section 88, subsections (2) and (3), alongside the current reference to section 119 in section 122.

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