NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144

30 SEPTEMBER 2009

OWNERSHIP OF HORSES BY RIDER

333 (1) A Rider may own or lease a horse which is in training or entered for a Race only if:

(a) the Rider is not under the age of 18 years or is not a Rider holding a Class B or C rider’s licence; and

(b)

(i) the horse is owned by or leased to:

(A) the Rider only; or

(B) the Rider and other persons, where the Rider has at least a 25% interest in the horse, as Owner (where there is no lessee) or lessee (as the case may be); or

(C) a Legal Ownership Entity and the Rider is the beneficial owner of at least 25% of the shares or other ownership rights or interests or other legal or beneficial interest in that Legal Ownership Entity.

Provided that a Rider may apply to NZTR for an exemption from the operation of this Rule so as to permit him to acquire or retain shares in a Legal Ownership Entity which is listed on a recognised stock exchange in New Zealand or in the jurisdiction of Another Racing Authority and in any such case NZTR may, if it thinks fit, grant that exemption or such terms and conditions as it thinks fit in its absolute discretion; or

(ii) the horse is the subject of a lease and the Rider is the only or one of the Owners (being the lessor) of that horse (for the avoidance of doubt, where the horse is the subject of a lease and the Rider is the only or one of the lessees of that horse then sub-Rule 333(1)(b)(i) applies),

provided that the Rider declares such Ownership interest to NZTR so that the fact that such Rider has an Ownership interest shall be included in the race book for any Race for which the applicable horse is entered.

(2) A Rider shall not, in any Race in which a horse or horses owned or leased by that Rider, or that Rider and other persons, or by a Legal Ownership Entity in which the Rider has a beneficial interest in accordance with Rule 333(1) (the Rider’s Horse), ride any horse other than one of the Rider’s Horses.

RIDERS – GOODS AND SERVICES TAX

334 (1) Every Rider who is a person registered under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985 shall, within three days after becoming so registered, notify NZTR of such registration and of his Goods and Services Tax Act registration number.

(2) Every Rider who, having been a person registered under the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985, ceases to be so registered shall, within three days of ceasing to be so registered, notify NZTR of such cessation.

AMATEUR RIDERS

335 A Rider holding a Class E rider’s licence, or a Class E rider’s licence in combination with a Class D rider’s licence, shall not ask for or receive any remuneration or reward (other than a trophy given under the conditions of the Race to a Rider of a horse) for riding in any Race, and no person shall offer or give any such remuneration or reward to such a Rider.

RIDER’S AGENTS

336 A Rider’s Agent may only engage, or assist in engaging, a Rider to ride a horse in a Race if he has first obtained written approval from NZTR to represent that Rider or, in the case of an Apprentice Jockey, that Apprentice Jockey’s employer.

337 A Rider’s Agent must, as soon as practical, notify NZTR in writing in the event of the termination of a contract or arrangement to represent a Rider or an Apprentice Jockey’s employer.

338 A Rider’s Agent may only engage a Rider for a race with the consent of that Rider or, if the Rider is an Apprentice Jockey, the Apprentice Jockey’s employer.

339 A Rider’s Agent may not give, directly or indirectly, riding instructions of any nature to a Rider to whom he represents.