✨ Racing Rules Amendments
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 160
29 NOVEMBER 2013
Racing Act 2003
Pursuant to section 29 or 34 of the Racing Act 2003, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Incorporated has made the following changes to the Rules of Racing.
Industry consultation has taken place on these amendments and NZTR’s Board has sought the views of the Judicial Control Authority (JCA) and the New Zealand Racing Board Dates Committee (NZRB). The NZRB and the JCA have approved these amendments.
These amendments to the Rules of Racing are:
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Rule 104: Definition of ‘Authorised Person’
This addition to the definition of ‘Authorised Person’ will allow employees of the Racing Integrity Unit, who have gained the appropriate qualifications, to take urine samples from licence holders.
DEFINITIONS
Authorised Person means:
(a) a person acting in any hospital who is employed by a District Health Board or similar entity or organisation and who in the normal course of the person’s duties takes blood specimens;
(b) a nurse registered or enrolled under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003;
(c) a medical laboratory technologist registered under the Medical Auxiliaries Act 1966 or Regulations made under that Act; or
(d) in the case of urine samples only, any employee of the Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited (ESR), or New Zealand Racing Laboratory Services, Racing Integrity Unit Limited (RIU) or such other laboratory or organisation as approved by the Board, who either:
(i) holds a scientific degree or New Zealand Certificate of Science; or (ii) has completed NZQA Unit Standard 6417 (Level 3) or the latest NZQA Unit Standard which supersedes or is equivalent to NZQA Unit Standard 6417 (Level 3). -
Rule 104 and Other Rules: Definition of ‘Sample’ and Drug & Alcohol Testing
This addition of ‘Sample’ to Rule 104 ‘Definitions’ and amendments to relevant Rules 208, 314, 322, 656, 657 and 902 will provide for a wider choice of fluids and tissues, which could be collected for testing for prohibited substances, in response to advances in technology.
DEFINITIONS
104 Sample means a specimen of saliva, urine, perspiration, breath, blood, tissue, hide, hair, or any other excretion product or body fluid taken from a horse or person.
208 Stipendiary Stewards and Investigators have the power:
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(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, and to
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🏭 Amendments to Racing Rules
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- New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Incorporated
- Judicial Control Authority (JCA)
- New Zealand Racing Board Dates Committee (NZRB)