Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 68:

In page 66, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 21 of Betting Act 1931 (hours of business of registered premises)

48.The Betting Act 1931 is amended by substituting the following section for section 21:

"21. (1) Registered premises shall not be opened or kept open for the transaction of business—

(a) at any time on Christmas Day or Good Friday, or
(b) before 7 o’clock in the morning or after 10 o’clock in the evening on any other day.

(2) If, in relation to a registered premises, subsection (1) is contravened, the registered proprietor of those premises shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class A fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.".".