Explanatory Memorandum

Horse Racing (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022

2022 CHAPTER 2

2 February 2022

Commentary on Sections

Amendment of the Horse Racing (Northern Ireland) Order 1990

Section 3 – Minor and consequential amendments

This section amends Article 2(2) of the 1990 Order (Interpretation), to omit the definition of ‘modify’ as the term is only used in Article 11 of the Order, which is omitted by the Act.  This section also makes amendments to the 1990 Order to replace references to “the Corporation” and “the Company” with appropriate references to a “horse racecourse operator”. Finally, this section omits Article 11 of and paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 1 to the 1990 Order, which concerned rules and bye-laws of the Corporation and are no longer required.