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(3) A person holding a Class B trainer’s licence shall, within seven days after a horse trained by him commences to spell or ceases to be in his charge or under his supervision for the purpose of being trainer, notify NZTR in writing of that fact.

305 (1) A Class C trainer’s licence may be issued to a person who:

(a) trains:

(i) only horses solely owned or leased to him;

(ii) only horses in respect of which he has an Ownership interest of at least 10% with the balance being owned by one or more Near Relatives; and

(iii) no more than two horses in respect of which he has an Ownership interest of at least 50%;

(b) is competent to train horses;

(c) owns or occupies an appropriate Trainer’s Premises; and

(d) is financially sound and of good character.

(2) For the purpose of this Rule only, a horse which is spelling is not being “trained”.

(3) A person holding a Class C trainer’s licence shall, within seven days after a horse of the type set out in sub-Rule (1)(a)(iii) above, which is trained by him, commences to spell or ceases to be in his charge or under his supervision for the purpose of being trainer, notify NZTR in writing of that fact.

306 A Trainer’s Premises must be approved by NZTR, and the requirement to obtain and retain such approval is a condition of each Trainer’s licence.

307 Every Trainer’s licence which is issued shall contain, or be presumed conclusively to contain, a condition that the Trainer shall, when required to do so by a Stipendiary Steward or Investigator, permit that Stipendiary Steward or Investigator to have reasonable access to that Trainer’s Premises for the purposes of:

(a) requiring a Rider to permit a sample to be obtained by him pursuant to Rule 208(f);

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

(c) ensuring horse and Rider welfare;

(d) ensuring any relevant Trainer’s Licence conditions are being observed; and/or

(e) 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.

308 A Trainer must not allow a non-Licensed Person to be involved in the care, control or training of any horse notified to NZTR pursuant to Rule 326(1) as being in his charge for the purposes of being trained.

309 Any Trainer who wishes to:

(a) train in partnership with another Trainer must seek NZTR’s permission to do so, which permission may be granted on such conditions as NZTR sees fit;

(b) no longer train in partnership with another or other Trainer(s) comprising a Training Partnership, must apply to NZTR to have the condition of training in partnership with such other Trainer(s) removed from their respective Licences, and such application shall result in NZTR reviewing all the Licences of the Trainers in that Training Partnership in accordance with Rule 322 which may involve the imposition of further conditions on any Licence, or cancellation or withdrawal or suspension of the Licence held by any Trainer who is part of that Training Partnership.

310 A Training Partnership shall be deemed to be jointly and severally liable for any breach of the following rules regardless of whether all Trainers in that partnership were involved in the breach:

(a) 306, 308, 322, 325, 326(1), 326(3), 327, 330(6);

(b) 523, 524, 526, 527, 529, 533;

(c) 633, 634, 635, 636(1)(a), 650, 651(2), 652(1), 651(4), 652(2), 653, 654; and/or

(d) 804(2), 804(3).