Trotting Club Admission Regulations




8 OCTOBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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ROXBURGH TROTTING CLUB RESOLUTION

At a special general meeting of the Roxburgh Trotting Club
held on the 7th day of May 1959 at Roxburgh, it was duly
resolved as follows:

“In pursuance and exercise of the powers under section 33 of
the Gaming Act 1908, it is hereby resolved that the regulations
dated the 3rd day of April 1950 are hereby revoked, and in lieu
thereof the following regulations shall be regulations under the
said section 33 controlling the admission of persons to that
part of the racecourse situated in the District of Roxburgh and
known as the Roxburgh Trotting Club Racecourse, or to any
other racecourse used or occupied by the club for race
meetings.”

ROXBURGH TROTTING CLUB REGULATIONS
(Under the Gaming Act 1908)

  1. These regulations shall come into force on the date of
    the same being published in the Gazette.

  2. In these regulations the words “bookmaker,” “racing
    club,” and “race meeting” shall have the meanings ascribed
    to those terms respectively by section 2 of the Gaming Act

  3. The following persons shall be and are hereby excluded
    from the racecourse above described or any other racecourse
    while the same is used or occupied by the said club for a
    race meeting, namely:

(a) Bookmakers.

(b) Bookmakers’ clerks, bookmakers’ assistants, and book-
makers’ agents.

(c) All persons under disqualification imposed under the
New Zealand rules of racing or the New Zealand
rules of trotting or by the racing or trotting authori-
ties in any country outside New Zealand which have
reciprocal agreements in matters of racing or trotting
with the New Zealand Racing Conference or the
New Zealand Trotting Conference.

(d) Common prostitutes, idle and disorderly persons within
the meaning of the Police Offences Act 1927.

(e) Professional tipsters, persons convicted of house break-
ing, burglary, or pocket picking, forgery, uttering or
possessing counterfeit coin, theft, false pretences,
receiving stolen goods, mischief, assault, or any
offence or crime of any kind under the Crimes Act
1908, and persons convicted under the Police Offences
Act 1927 of conversion or attempted conversion of a
motorcar or other vehicle or of being idle and dis-
orderly persons or of being a rogue and vagabond
and persons convicted of an offence under the
Gaming Act 1908, or persons having a criminal
record in countries outside New Zealand and the
references to the foregoing Acts shall be deemed
to apply to any subsequent Act consolidating or
in substitution therefor.

Provided always that the Executive Committee appointed
by the New Zealand Racing Conference, upon being satisfied
by evidence as to the character and otherwise that any person
who, by reason of any conviction, comes within the scope
of this regulation should have relief from the effect thereof,
may grant exemption to any such person, and may at any
time revoke any such exemption without notice to such person,
and without assigning any reason for such revocation.

F. E. VERCOE, Chairman.
J. M. WATTS, Secretary.

The foregoing regulations are hereby approved this 2nd day
of October 1959.
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COBHAM, Governor-General.

REEFTON TROTTING CLUB (INC.) RESOLUTION

At a special general meeting of the Reefton Trotting Club
(Inc.) held on the 7th day of May 1959 at Reefton at 7.30 p.m.,
it was duly resolved as follows:

“In pursuance and exercise of the powers under section 33 of
the Gaming Act 1908, it is hereby resolved that the regulations
dated the 15th day of February 1934 are hereby revoked, and in
lieu thereof the following regulations shall be regulations under
the said section 33 controlling the admission of persons to that
part of the Reefton Racecourse situated in the District of
Inangahua and known as the Reefton Racecourse, or to any
other racecourse used or occupied by the club for race
meetings.”

REEFTON TROTTING CLUB (INC.) REGULATIONS
(Under the Gaming Act 1908)

  1. These regulations shall come into force on the date of
    the same being published in the Gazette.

  2. In these regulations the words “bookmaker,” “racing
    club,” and “race meeting” shall have the meanings ascribed
    to those terms respectively by section 2 of the Gaming Act

  3. The following persons shall be and are hereby excluded
    from the racecourse above described or any other racecourse
    while the same is used or occupied by the said club for a
    race meeting, namely:

(a) Bookmakers.

(b) Bookmakers’ clerks, bookmakers’ assistants, and book-
makers’ agents.

(c) All persons under disqualification imposed under the
New Zealand rules of racing or the New Zealand
rules of trotting or by the racing or trotting authori-
ties in any country outside New Zealand which have
reciprocal agreements in matters of racing or trotting
with the New Zealand Racing Conference or the
New Zealand Trotting Conference.

(d) Common prostitutes, idle and disorderly persons within
the meaning of the Police Offences Act 1927.

(e) Professional tipsters, persons convicted of house break-
ing, burglary, or pocket picking, forgery, uttering or
possessing counterfeit coin, theft, false pretences,
receiving stolen goods, mischief, assault, or any
offence or crime of any kind under the Crimes Act
1908, and persons convicted under the Police Offences
Act 1927 of conversion or attempted conversion of a
motorcar or other vehicle or of being idle and dis-
orderly persons or of being a rogue and vagabond
and persons convicted of an offence under the
Gaming Act 1908, or persons having a criminal
record in countries outside New Zealand and the
references to the foregoing Acts shall be deemed
to apply to any subsequent Act consolidating or
in substitution therefor.

Provided always that the Executive Committee appointed
by the New Zealand Racing Conference, upon being satisfied
by evidence as to the character and otherwise that any person
who, by reason of any conviction, comes within the scope
of this regulation should have relief from the effect thereof,
may grant exemption to any such person, and may at any
time revoke any such exemption without notice to such person,
and without assigning any reason for such revocation.

A. ARCHER, Chairman.
J. P. LEE, Secretary.

The foregoing regulations are hereby approved this 2nd day
of October 1959.
1403
COBHAM, Governor-General.

NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB (INC.) RESOLUTION

At a special general meeting of the New Brighton Trotting
Club (Inc.) held on the 12th day of May 1959 at Christchurch,
it was duly resolved as follows:

“In pursuance and exercise of the powers under section 33 of
the Gaming Act 1908, it is hereby resolved that the regulations
dated the 5th day of August 1942 are hereby revoked, and in
lieu thereof the following regulations shall be regulations under
the said section 33 controlling the admission of persons to
that part of the New Brighton Racecourse situated in the
District of Christchurch and known as the New Brighton
Racecourse, or to any other racecourse used or occupied by
the club for race meetings.”

NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB (INC.) REGULATIONS
(Under the Gaming Act 1908)

  1. These regulations shall come into force on the date of
    the same being published in the Gazette.

  2. In these regulations the words “bookmaker,” “racing
    club,” and “race meeting” shall have the meanings ascribed
    to those terms respectively by section 2 of the Gaming Act

  3. The following persons shall be and are hereby excluded
    from the racecourse above described or any other racecourse
    while the same is used or occupied by the said club for a
    race meeting, namely:

(a) Bookmakers.

(b) Bookmakers’ clerks, bookmakers’ assistants, and book-
makers’ agents.

(c) All persons under disqualification imposed under the
New Zealand rules of racing or the New Zealand
rules of trotting or by the racing or trotting authori-
ties in any country outside New Zealand which have
reciprocal agreements in matters of racing or trotting
with the New Zealand Racing Conference or the
New Zealand Trotting Conference.

(d) Common prostitutes, idle and disorderly persons within
the meaning of the Police Offences Act 1927.

(e) Professional tipsters, persons convicted of house break-
ing, burglary, or pocket picking, forgery, uttering or
possessing counterfeit coin, theft, false pretences,
receiving stolen goods, mischief, assault, or any
offence or crime of any kind under the Crimes Act
1908, and persons convicted under the Police Offences
Act 1927 of conversion or attempted conversion of a
motorcar or other vehicle or of being idle and dis-
orderly persons or of being a rogue and vagabond
and persons convicted of an offence under the
Gaming Act 1908, or persons having a criminal
record in countries outside New Zealand and the
references to the foregoing Acts shall be deemed
to apply to any subsequent Act consolidating or
in substitution therefor.



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⚖️ Roxburgh Trotting Club Admission Regulations

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
2 October 1959
Gaming Act, Trotting club, Admission regulations, Disqualified persons, Bookmakers
  • F. E. Vercoe, Chairman
  • J. M. Watts, Secretary
  • Cobham, Governor-General

⚖️ Reefton Trotting Club Admission Regulations

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
2 October 1959
Gaming Act, Trotting club, Admission regulations, Disqualified persons, Bookmakers
  • A. Archer, Chairman
  • J. P. Lee, Secretary
  • Cobham, Governor-General

⚖️ New Brighton Trotting Club Admission Regulations

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Gaming Act, Trotting club, Admission regulations, Disqualified persons, Bookmakers
  • F. E. Vercoe, Chairman
  • J. M. Watts, Secretary