30 SEPTEMBER 2009 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144 3367

Restricted Open Handicap Race means a Flat Race which is a Handicap Race for horses which at the time of starting are not less than three years old and for which the minimum weight allotted shall be not less than 54kg.

Review Panel means the panel established under Rule 506 to review the Graded Stakes Committee decisions.

Rider means a person authorised by these Rules, whether as the holder of a Rider’s Licence or otherwise howsoever to ride a horse in a race, and for the purposes of the drug and alcohol testing provisions in these Rules and Rule 610 includes the holder of a Class A miscellaneous licence (except where such a Licence contains a condition prohibiting the Licenceholder from riding horses) or Class B miscellaneous licence and any other person who rides or presents himself to ride a horse in trackwork and/or trials (including jump-outs and/or tests for certification purposes) and/or at any Training Facility or any Trainer’s Premises.

Rider’s licence means a Class A rider’s licence, Class B rider’s licence, Class C rider’s licence, Class D rider’s licence, or a Class E rider’s licence.

Rules means these Rules of Racing, being the rules made by NZTR for the purposes of section 29 of the Racing Act 2003, including any amendments to the Rules made under section 39 of the Racing Act 2003.

Serious Racing Offence means a Serious Racing Offence within the meaning of Rule 801 of these Rules and includes any other breach of these Rules which is adjudged or declared, by a Judicial Committee pursuant to a power to do so contained in any of these Rules, or deemed by any of the Rules, to be a Serious Racing Offence.

Starter means the person appointed by NZTR or a Club in accordance with Rule 629 to start Races at a Race Meeting together with that person’s assistants.

Steeplechase Race means a Race in which there are a number of steeples, of a type specified in the Racing Policy, to be jumped by the horses competing in that Race.

Stipendiary Steward means a person appointed under Rule 201.

Thoroughbred Racing Monthly means every publication, in whatever form, and every issue thereof, which is published by NZTR under the name of “Thoroughbred Racing Monthly”, “the Thoroughbred Racing Monthly of NZTR”, and/or “the Official Calendar of Thoroughbred Racing”, which is deemed to be the “Official Calendar” of NZTR for the purpose of the Racing Act 2003.

Totalisator means a totalisator operated by NZRB under the Racing Act 2003.

Trainer means the holder of a valid Class A, Class B, or Class C trainer’s licence.

Trainer’s licence means a Class A, Class B, or Class C trainer’s licence.

Trainer’s Premises means any place, or part of a place, at which horses that are in training are quartered or trained or worked and:

(a) which is owned, leased or occupied by a Trainer;

(b) in respect of which a Trainer has any right of access; or

(c) which is reasonably believed by NZTR or a Tribunal to be in some way related to a Trainer.

Training Facility means any place at which horses are actively trained or worked and:

(a) which is owned, leased or occupied by a Club;

(b) in respect of which a Club has any right or ability to access; or

(c) which is reasonably believed by NZTR or a Tribunal to be in some way used by a Club.

Training Partnership means a training partnership which has been approved under Rule 309.

Tribunal means a Judicial Committee or an Appeals Tribunal.

Veterinarian has the same meaning as is set out for that term in the Veterinarians Act 2005.

Weight-for-Age Races means a Race with the weight to be carried by each horse allotted in accordance with the weight-for-age scale set out in the Racing Policy.

Withdrawal Deadline means, for a Race, the time and date fixed and advertised as the closing time and date for withdrawals for that Race.