✨ Racing Club Regulations
5 NOVEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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- 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 bookmakers’ 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 authorities 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 breaking, 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 disorderly 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.
J. C. CRAIG, Chairman.
J. W. FAIR, Secretary.
The foregoing regulations are hereby approved this 22nd day of October 1959.
1543
COBHAM, Governor-General.
ASHBURTON COUNTY RACING CLUB (INC.) RESOLUTION
At a special general meeting of the Ashburton County Racing Club (Inc.) held on the 17th day of June 1959 at Ashburton, 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 10th day of April 1923 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 reserve situated in the District of Ashburton and known as the Ashburton Racecourse, or to any other racecourse used or occupied by the club for race meetings.”
ASHBURTON COUNTY RACING CLUB (INC.) REGULATIONS
(Under the Gaming Act 1908)
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These regulations shall come into force on the date of the same being published in the Gazette.
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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 1908.
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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 bookmakers’ 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 authorities 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 breaking, 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 disorderly 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.
J. H. GRIGG, Chairman.
J. B. NICOLL, Secretary.
The foregoing regulations are hereby approved this 23rd day of October 1959.
1544
COBHAM, Governor-General.
WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB (INC.) RESOLUTION
At a special general meeting of the Wanganui Jockey Club (Inc.) held on the 5th day of August 1959 at Wanganui, 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 31st day of October 1922 are hereby revoked, and in lieu thereof the following regulations shall be regulations under the said section 33 controlling the admission of persons to those pieces of land situated in the City of Wanganui, first, containing twelve acres one rood and ten decimal one perches (12a. 1r. 10·1p.), being part of Blocks 21, 22, 26, and 29 of the Wanganui Town Belt and part of closed road, and being Lots numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the balance of Lot 5 on Deposited Plan No. 7131, and being all the land comprised in memorandum of lease No. 26798, and the balance of the land in certificate of title, Volume 338, folio 129 (Wellington Registry), secondly, containing sixty-one acres three roods and fifteen decimal eighty-five perches (61a. 3r. 15·85p.), being part of the Wanganui Town Belt, and being also Lot 6 (Racecourse Reserve) on Deposited Plan No. 7131, and being all the land in certificate of title, Volume 427, folio 139 (Wellington Registry), and all the land comprised in memorandum of lease No. 27059, and thirdly, containing three decimal five perches (3·5p.), being part Reserve “L” Wanganui Town Belt, and part of Lots 51 and 52, Deeds Plan No. 304, and part of certificate of title, Volume 477, folio 179 (Wellington Registry), and being all the land in memorandum of lease No. 24442, which said pieces of land are known as the Wanganui Racecourse, or to any other racecourse used or occupied by the club for race meetings.”
WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB (INC.) REGULATIONS
(Under the Gaming Act 1908)
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These regulations shall come into force on the date of the same being published in the Gazette.
-
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 1908.
-
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 bookmakers’ 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 authorities 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 breaking, 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 disorderly 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.
I. HIGGIE, Chairman.
S. R. McCALLUM, Secretary.
The foregoing regulations are hereby approved this 23rd day of October 1959.
1550
COBHAM, Governor-General.
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⚖️ New Zealand Racing Club Regulations Controlling Racecourse Admission
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement22 October 1959
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- J. C. Craig, Chairman
- J. W. Fair, Secretary
- Cobham, Governor-General
⚖️ Ashburton County Racing Club (Inc.) Resolution Revoking and Replacing Regulations
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement23 October 1959
Ashburton County Racing Club, Resolution, Gaming Act, Regulations, Racecourse, Admission control, Revocation, Governor-General
- J. H. Grigg, Chairman
- J. B. Nicoll, Secretary
- Cobham, Governor-General
⚖️ Wanganui Jockey Club (Inc.) Resolution Revoking and Replacing Regulations
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement23 October 1959
Wanganui Jockey Club, Resolution, Gaming Act, Regulations, Racecourse, Admission control, Land description, Revocation, Governor-General
- I. Higgie, Chairman
- S. R. McCallum, Secretary
- Cobham, Governor-General