3372 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

information within his knowledge or possession or to make a written declaration (statutory or otherwise) or statement, respecting any matter connected with racing or otherwise being investigated by them.

208 Stipendiary Stewards and Investigators have the power:

(a) to require from the person in whose name such horse is entered, proof:

(i) of his ownership or other interest entitling him to enter such horse for the Race;

(ii) that such horse is not wholly or in part owned by a person whose ownership of such horse would make it ineligible to start in such Race; and

(iii) that such horse is not otherwise ineligible to start in such Race;

(b) at any time to detain and/or take possession or allow any person specified by them to take possession for such period as they or such person considers necessary or desirable, any horse which has been entered for or started in a Race and to examine that horse or order that it be examined by such person or persons as they direct and at such time and place as they specify:

(i) for the purpose of ascertaining whether that horse is the horse it is or was represented to be; and

(ii) for any other purpose as they think fit;

(c) to require any horse to be produced for inspection, examination or observation by any person specified by them at a time and place also so specified;

(d) at any time to order and/or cause a horse to be removed from the Racecourse;

(e) to order the person who entered a horse for any Race to declare the name of the Owner or lessee (as the case may be) and the names of all persons interested directly or indirectly in the horse or the horse’s stake earnings and if such person fails to prove to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards or Investigators that the declaration is true in every particular, a Stipendiary Steward or Investigator may file an information requesting the Judicial Committee to declare the entry of such horse to be invalid, the money paid for such entry to be forfeited to NZTR on behalf of the Club, and the stakes (if any) to be forfeited for the Race in which the horse is entered;

(f) to require a Rider to permit a sample of his blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (or more than one thereof), to be obtained from him by or under the supervision of a Registered Medical Practitioner or an Authorised Person at such time and place as a Stipendiary Steward or Investigator shall nominate;

(g) to require a Rider to undergo a medical examination by a Registered Medical Practitioner or an Emergency Medical Officer or similarly experienced person if they consider on reasonable grounds that the Rider may be unfit to ride in a Race he is proposing to ride in on that day because of injury, illness or other disability; and

(h) to enter a Trainer’s Premises and access any facility (including a horse float) at reasonable times for the purposes of:

(i) requiring a Rider to permit a sample to be obtained by them pursuant to rule 208(f) above;

(ii) ensuring non-Licensed Persons are not involved in the care, control or training of a horse;

(iii) ensuring horse and Rider welfare;

(iv) ensuring any relevant Trainer’s Licence conditions are being observed;

(v) ensuring only a Rider, or holder of a Class A miscellaneous licence (permitted to ride horses under their licence) or Class B miscellaneous licence, or a Trainer, or a person approved to ride by a Stipendiary Steward, is riding a horse; or

(vi) speaking to a person in connection with an inquiry or investigation.

209 (1) Stipendiary Stewards and Investigators may scratch from a Race, or declare ineligible to start in a Race until a specific condition is met, any horse on any reasonable grounds including but not limited to:

(a) that the horse is not in a fit condition or state to race;

(b) that the horse has a contagious or other disease;