3462 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144 30 SEPTEMBER 2009

(3) If a mare is leased a notification of lease for stud purposes must be completed as to the mare and forwarded to NZTR together with the relevant fee specified by NZTR.

11 (1) The person in whose charge, care or control a stallion entered or eligible for entry in the New Zealand Stud Book or the Register of Non Stud Book Mares (as applicable) is at the time of covering shall in each year complete a certificate of service in the form prescribed by NZTR or in the form of a computer printout acceptable to NZTR in respect of every mare which is or is eligible for entry in the New Zealand Stud Book or New Zealand Register of Non-Stud Book Mares covered by the stallion and shall lodge it with NZTR in accordance with the succeeding clauses of this Regulation.

(2) A certificate of service in respect of a mare served by or paddocked with the stallion between the 1st day of September and the 31st day of January must be lodged with NZTR before the 28th day of February in the year of service. A certificate of service for a mare served by or paddocked with the stallion between the 1st day of February and the 31st day of July must be lodged with NZTR not later than 14 days after the 31st day of July. In the event of a mare being served by or paddocked with the stallion between the 1st day of September and the 31st day of January and also between the 1st day of February and the 31st day of July two certificates of service must be lodged.

(3) If a mare has been covered by two stallions two certificates of service must be lodged.

(4) The owner or lessee (or the duly authorised agent of either thereof) of every stallion entered or eligible for entry in the New Zealand Stud Book or the Register of Non Stud Book Mares (as applicable) shall pay to NZTR the fee specified by NZTR for the relevant category set out below:

(a) 1-14 mares covered;
(b) 15-30 mares covered;
(c) 31-50 mares covered;
(d) 51-70 mares covered;
(e) 71-100 mares covered; or
(f) more than 100 mares covered.

Such fee shall be payable not later than the 28th day of February in the next succeeding year.

(5) The fee for a certificate of service which is lodged later than required by Regulation 11 (2) hereof shall be at the rate specified by NZTR for each month or part thereof which elapsed between the last date by which the certificate ought to have been lodged and the date when it was lodged.

(6) Before any mare is served by a stallion entered or eligible for entry in the New Zealand Stud Book or the Register of Non Stud Book Mares (as applicable) the person in whose charge, care or control such stallion then is shall require the production to him of and shall inspect the certificate of registration/document of description issued by NZTR in respect of that mare and shall check the identity of the mare to be served by the stallion and be satisfied that such mare is the mare to which the certificate of registration/document of description relates. Such person shall note on the certificate of registration/document of description the date on which he inspected such certificate of registration/document of description and checked the identity of the mare. Such person shall also note thereon the name of the stallion by which the mare is to be covered and shall then sign such certificate of registration/document of description. No person in whose charge, care or control any such stallion then is shall cause or permit the stallion to serve any mare unless and until such person has taken all the steps and complied with and discharged all the duties and obligations imposed on him by this sub-Regulation. Any person who fails to take all such steps or to comply with and discharge all such duties and obligations commits a breach of these Regulations. In the event of any failure by any such person to take all such steps or to comply with and discharge all such duties and obligations NZTR may decline to include in the New Zealand Stud Book or the Register of Non Stud Book Mares (as applicable) any entry relating to any covering by that stallion or any foal resulting from any such covering.

12 (1) NZTR may reject at any time any foaling return, branding slip, brand identification certificate or certificate of service submitted to it, and whether or not any such return, slip, brand identification certificate or other certificate has previously been accepted by NZTR.