James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 14, to delete lines 21 to 28 and substitute the following: “ “advertise” includes advertise by means of an image, sound or text;”.

As I noted on Committee Stage, I will bring forward a number of amendments to update and clarify some of the definitions in the Bill on Report Stage. Amendments Nos. 1, 3, 5 to 7, inclusive, 12 to 14, inclusive, and 37 are Government amendments that are technical in nature.

Amendment No. 1 updates the definition of the term "advertise" in the Bill. It is necessary to facilitate the amendments and clarifications to the advertiser provisions outlined later in the Bill.

Amendment No. 3 provides an updated modernisation definition of a gaming machine in the Bill. The existing definition, originally introduced in the Finance Act 1975, is not compatible with the approach of the Bill and needs to be replaced with an updated definition that reflects modern gaming machines.

I will speak to amendments Nos. 5 to 7, inclusive, 12 to 14, inclusive, and 37. Amendment No. 5 updates references in the Bill to the National Lottery Act 2013 with a short reference.

Amendment No. 6 clarifies, for the purpose of the Bill, that a participant is defined as a person participating in a relevant gambling activity. It does not include a reference to a person participating in a meeting of a board of the authority as outlined in section 18(2) or a person participating in an oral hearing conducted by an adjudication officer outlined in section 202(14).

Amendments Nos. 7 and 37 clarify that application store services are online services and ensures the consistent use of the term throughout the Bill. Amendment No. 12 removes the reference to advertising betting in the definition of providing a betting activity. The amendment is necessary to ensure that not just licensees providing betting and bookmaking activities can advertise such activities or be held liable and responsible for any breaches of the advertising obligations under Part 6.

Amendment No. 13 removes the reference to advertising gaming from the definition of providing a game in the context of gambling. The amendment is necessary to ensure that not just licensees providing gaming activities can advertise gaming for the purpose of gambling and can be held liable and responsible for any breaches of the advertising obligations under Part 6.

Amendment No. 14 removes the reference to advertising a lottery from the definition of providing a lottery. The amendment is necessary to ensure that not just licensees providing an advertising lottery can be held liable and responsible for any breaches of the advertising obligation under Part 6.

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