30 SEPTEMBER 2009 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 144 3463

it and whether or not any fees have been paid in respect thereof, without giving any reason for such rejection. NZTR may delete from the New Zealand Stud Book or the Register of Non Stud Book Mares (as applicable) at any time any entry relating to and the name of any horse referred to therein. By submitting any foaling return or other document to NZTR for acceptance the person submitting it agrees to abide by the decisions of NZTR.

(2) If, in the opinion of an Investigator or NZTR, there is reason to believe that there has been supplied to NZTR a foaling return or any other information relating to a horse entered or eligible for entry in the New Zealand Stud Book or the Register of Non Stud Book Mares (as applicable) which is or may be incorrect or if, in the opinion of an Investigator or NZTR, there are other circumstances which make an investigation necessary or desirable such Investigator or NZTR may require:

(a) the person who supplied the return or other information and the owner of and any other person in New Zealand who then has charge, care or control of any horse entered or eligible for entry in the New Zealand Stud Book or the Register of Non Stud Book Mares (as applicable) to submit for examination by him or such other person (if any) as NZTR appoints all books, receipts and other documents which such Investigator or NZTR or other person deems it necessary to examine and to pay such fees as NZTR directs; and/or

(b) the owner of and any other person in New Zealand who then has charge, care or control of any horse entered or eligible for entry in the New Zealand Stud Book or the Register of Non Stud Book Mares (as applicable) to permit all or any of inspection, examination and DNA-typing of such horse by such person as NZTR appoints.

(3) It shall be the duty of every owner or other person required pursuant to sub-Regulation (2) of this Regulation to submit books, receipts or other documents for examination or to permit all or any of inspection examination and DNA-typing of a horse to do so when and as often as required by the Investigator or NZTR or other appointed person.

(4) Failure by any owner or other person to discharge the duty set out in sub-Regulation (3) of this Regulation shall entitle NZTR:

(a) to refuse entry in the New Zealand Stud Book or the Register of Non Stud Book Mares (as applicable) to any horse owned by or leased to such owner or other person or any company in which such owner or other person is a shareholder; and/or

(b) to delete from the New Zealand Stud Book or the Register of Non Stud Book Mares (as applicable) if already entered therein any entry relating to and the name of any horse owned by or leased to such owner or other person or any company in which such owner or other person is a shareholder.

13 (1) Before any stallion is first stood at service in New Zealand the owner of or person proposing to stand at service that stallion shall ensure that:

(a) a sample of that stallion’s blood is taken by a Veterinarian and submitted to the MAF National Centre for Disease Investigation, Wallaceville, for the purpose of establishing whether the stallion has the virus of equine viral arthritis;

(b) no mare is served by that stallion unless such person has been advised in writing by the Laboratory or NZTR that the sample was negative for equine viral arteritis;

(c) if such person is advised that the sample was positive for equine viral arteritis, a sample of the horse’s semen is then obtained and forwarded to such Laboratory and/or (if NZTR requires it) the horse is test mated with two seronegative mares and a sample of their blood is subsequently taken by a Veterinarian (at a time to be fixed by NZTR) and forwarded to such Laboratory;

(d) no mare - other than the mares with which that stallion may have been required by NZTR to be test mated - is served by a stallion whose blood sample was positive for equine viral arteritis unless such person has been advised in writing by the Laboratory or NZTR that the stallion although seropositive is not a shedder of the virus in his semen; and

(e) there are paid by such person, by the time required, all fees in respect of the taking and testing of samples and/or the test mating of the stallion with mares.