2272
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 90

shall be a member of a club affiliated to the conference of
which the appointor is president, and while such alternate
holds office he shall be entitled to notice of meetings of the
Board and to attend and vote thereat accordingly, but he
shall ipso facto vacate office as alternate if and when the
appointor vacates office as president or removes such alter-
nate by writing under his hand or if such alternate is
disqualified by ceasing to be a member of a club affiliated
to the conference of which the appointor is president. If a
member of the Board is appointed alternate chairman or
vice-chairman the appointee while holding such office shall
be deemed unable to attend meetings as a member of the
Board, and the provisions of clause 3 (g) of this Part
shall apply;

(g) If any member of the Board other than an ex officio
member is absent from New Zealand or unable to attend
a meeting of the Board the executive committee of the
conference which has appointed such member, or the
authorised agent of such executive committee, may appoint
by writing under its hand or under the hand of its author-
ised agent an alternate for such member with all or any
of the powers, authorities, and discretions of such member
and either generally or for any particular meeting such
appointment shall have effect. The alternate must be a
member of a club affiliated to the conference so appointing
him as alternate and whilst he holds office as an alternate
he shall be entitled to notice of meetings of the Board and
to attend and vote thereat accordingly, but he shall ipso
facto vacate office if and when the member for whom he
acts as alternate ceases to be a member or if the executive
committee which appointed him removes such alternate
from office by writing under its hand or under the hand
of its authorised agent or if the appointee ceases to be a
member of a club affiliated with the conference so appoint-
ing him as the alternate.

PART III: OPERATION OF THE SCHEME

(1) Administration

(a) Staff: The Board shall be responsible for the appointment
of all executive officers and other employees and for the terms
and conditions of their employment. Except for the positions
of General Manager, Secretary, Chief Accountant, Operations
Manager, Administration Manager, or any executive offices of
an equal status with any of these, the Board may delegate:

(i) To the General Manager its authority for the appoint-
ment or promotion of staff to executive positions or
from one executive position to another executive
position; and

(ii) To the General Manager or such other executive officer
or officers as it, or the General Manager, may direct
its authority for the appointment or promotion of
other employees.

The power to dismiss staff shall be vested in the Board and,
except as to the executive offices as designated in the fore-
going part of this clause, the Board may delegate its powers
of dismissal to the General Manager.

No person for the time being disqualified or warned off the
course under the rules of racing and no person being pro-
hibited from attending race meetings shall be eligible for
appointment to the staff.

(b) Agents: In lieu of or in addition to the appointment of
employees, the Board, if satisfied that the efficiency of the
administration of the scheme will be improved thereby and
that it retains full control and supervision of such administra-
tion, may delegate to an agent the administration of the
scheme or any part thereof on such terms and conditions as
the Board determines, though subject always to any restric-
tions or requirements imposed by the Act. Provided, however,
that the administration of the whole of the scheme shall not
be delegated to such agent without the prior approval of the
Minister.

The terms and conditions of the appointment of an agent
shall be set forth in a written agreement between the Board
and such agent.

Any premises or part of premises used by an agent for the
purposes of conducting cash, telephone, or postal betting
would be a totalisator agency.

(2) Establishment of Totalisator Agencies and of Offices

The Board will establish and continue to operate sufficient
totalisator agencies and other offices as, having regard to the
business which in the opinion of the Board is offering, or is
likely to be offering in any locality and to the cost and
availability of staff and premises, will ensure that the public
anywhere in New Zealand are offered reasonable and con-
venient facilities for investing off course on the totalisator.
Any totalisator agency or other office may be:

(a) Established directly by the Board and be operated under
the direct supervision of an officer of the Board; or

(b) Established by an agent pursuant to an agreement as is
provided in clause (1) (b) of this Part; or

(c) By a combination of such means.

Any totalisator agency may be in direct communication
with head office or be part of a district network with com-
munication to a district office of the Board.

The Board will establish such offices as it considers neces-
sary for its internal administration of business to and from
totalisator agencies and for the transmission of investments.

In any premises or part of premises used as a totalisator
agency it shall be the policy of the Board not to induce the
public to loiter in such premises or to invest.

(3) Methods of Investing at Totalisator Agencies

Any or all of the following methods of investing may be
available at any totalisator agency as the Board may decide:

(a) Cash: The investor shall be issued with a ticket or
tickets on payment in cash of the amount of his investment.
The procedure will be similar to investing on course.

(b) Telephone: Investments may be made by telephone
against a deposit previously established with the Board or
against dividends due to the credit of an investor’s account.
The Board may determine from time to time the minimum
amount of the deposit.

Where investments by telephone are permitted at a
totalisator agency operated by an agent all amounts depo-
sited and dividends credited thereto shall be deemed to be
deposited with the Board.

(c) Postal: Investors may send instructions by post ac-
companied by cash or by such equivalent for cash as the
Board may determine.

(d) Postal Deposit: Investments may be made by written
instructions sent by post against a deposit previously estab-
lished with the Board, or against dividends credited to the
investor’s account. The provisions relating to subclause (b)
hereof shall apply with any necessary modifications.

The forms of money receivable at the time investments
are made or which are receivable as deposits and the condi-
tions on which they are received shall be as are determined
by the Board from time to time.

Credit betting will not be permitted.

No instructions by telegram will be accepted.

(4) General Provision as to Receipt of Investments

(a) The Board will promulgate rules relating to:

(i) General conditions additional to or supplementing
the provisions of clause (12) of this Part under
which investments will be accepted at or through
any totalisator agency.

(ii) Matters of detail in respect of each method of in-
vestment referred to in clause (3) of this Part.

(iii) Such rules will be exhibited in all totalisator agencies
and will also be published in the New Zealand Gazette to ensure that all reasonable steps are
taken that all persons making investments by any
of the methods permitted by clause (3) of this
Part have or are deemed to have notice of the
rules.

(b) The times when any totalisator agency will be open
for business and the latest times up to which investments for
any race or at any race meeting will be accepted at any such
agency will be decided by the Board or by such executive
officer as the Board may direct. The latest times for accepting
investments may vary at individual totalisator agencies having
regard to the method of investment and the problems of any
particular totalisator agency.

(c) The unit of investment shall be 5s. or such multiple
thereof as the Board, from time to time, may determine
irrespective of what may be the unit of investment on the
course.

(d) It is the aim of the Board to provide a service off course
in respect of all race meetings, but this would not be possible
at all times or in respect of all methods of investing.

(e) The senior officer on duty, or, as the case may be, the
agent at any totalisator agency, unless otherwise directed by
the Board or the General Manager, shall be entitled to reject
at any time and without giving any reason therefor part or all
of any investment.

(5) Transmission of Investments Received at Totalisator
Agencies

Details of investments at all totalisator agencies for each
race meeting and race will be collated at head office and
from there transmitted to the totalisator on the course unless
special circumstances otherwise require or as provided in
clause 10 of this Part.

Facilities at present available make the telephone system
the most suitable means of communication between totalisator
agencies, offices, and the head office, and from there to the
course.

It will be the policy of the Board to take all steps reason-
ably available to ensure simplicity of procedure and accuracy
of transmission, and for these purposes changes in present
methods may be made from time to time.

While in general the intention will be to have investments
off course registered and exhibited on the totalisator on the
course when it opens, it is recognised that delays in collation
and transmission or any special problems of the club con-
ducting the meeting will make this not always possible.