John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

I move amendment No. 9:

In page 4, between lines 41 and 42, to insert the following:

" "public trainer's licence" means a public trainer's licence granted by Bord na gCon under the Regulations of 1961;".

The reference to "public trainer's licence" is used to facilitate the exemption from registration fees to which the public greyhound trainer will be entitled. This will eliminate the costs associated with registration for trainers. The regulations of 1961 state that a public trainer means a person holding a licence from the Irish Greyhound Board, authorising him or her to train or manage greyhounds for reward. The public trainer differs from a private trainer in that the latter is authorised to have no more than four greyhounds and therefore does not fall within the scope of this Bill.

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