✨ Amendments to Betting Rules




3640 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 139 14 DECEMBER 2007

RACING ACT 2003

Pursuant to Section 52 the Racing Act 2003, the NEW ZEALAND RACING BOARD hereby gives notice of the following amendments to the Betting Rules published as a Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, 25 August 2003, No. 113, page 2981.

These Rules come into force on 17 December 2007.

Full copies of the Betting Rules may be inspected free of charge at TAB offices or may be purchased from the NZ Racing Board, PO Box 38-899, Wellington Mail Centre.

Dated at Wellington this 13th day of December 2007.

Graeme Hansen, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Racing Board.


Change #1

New definition added to Rule 3.1 as follows:

(h) "Code" means each of New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Incorporated, Harness Racing New Zealand Incorporated, and the New Zealand Greyhound Racing Association Incorporated.

Change #2

New Rule 4.19 as follows:

4.19 Prohibition on Betting by Codes

The Board will:

(a) Refuse to accept any totalisator or Fixed Odds bets on any Race;

(b) Cancel any totalisator or Fixed Odds bets on any Race; and

(c) Seek to recover from a Code any proceeds from any totalisator or Fixed Odds bets on any Race

where those bets are reasonably believed to have been placed using any funds from a Code.

Change #3

Rule 7.3 is amended to:

7.3 Account to be used solely for betting

(a) A Betting Account must be used solely for the purposes of betting with the Board.

(b) If the Board believes, on reasonable grounds, that a Betting Account has been, is being or will be used for purposes other than betting with the Board, the Board may:

(i) refuse to open the Betting Account

(ii) make all necessary enquiries about the activity on the account



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 2007, No 139


Gazette.govt.nz PDF NZ Gazette 2007, No 139





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