✨ Racing Rules Amendments
29 NOVEMBER 2013 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 160 4441
have such a horse tested and/or have any sample taken from it. (including, without limitation, a sample of its hair, urine and/or blood;
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(f) to require a Rider to permit a sample of his blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (or more than one thereof), to be obtained from him by or under the supervision of a Registered Medical Practitioner or an Authorised Person at such time and place as a Stipendiary Steward or Investigator shall nominate;
314 (1) Every Rider’s Licence which is issued shall contain, or be presumed conclusively to contain, a condition that the holder shall, whenever required to do so by a Stipendiary Steward or Investigator, permit a sample of the holder’s blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (or more than one thereof), to be obtained from the holder by, or under the supervision of, a Registered Medical Practitioner or an Authorised Person.
322 (1) NZTR may, on reasonable grounds, at any time review and impose conditions on any Licence, or cancel or withdraw or suspend any Licence including, but not limited to, if:
(a) a Rider or Trackwork Rider or Stablehand who when required by a Stipendiary Steward or Investigator to permit a sample of his blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (or more than one thereof), to be obtained from him by or under the supervision of a Registered Medical Practitioner or an Authorised Person, refused or failed to do so at the time and place nominated by such Stipendiary Steward or Investigator; or
DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING
656 (1) A Rider who rides or presents himself to ride a horse at a Racecourse, Training Facility or Trainer’s Premises shall thereby be deemed to have consented to a sample of his blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (or more than one thereof), being obtained from him by or under the supervision of a Registered Medical Practitioner or by an Authorised Person if and whenever the Rider is required by a Stipendiary Steward or Investigator to permit such a sample to be so obtained.
(2) A Stipendiary Steward or Investigator may require a Rider to supply a sample of his blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (or more than one thereof) at a time and place nominated by the Stipendiary Steward or Investigator. If so, such Rider must comply with such a requirement. Any Rider acting in contravention of this Rule shall be reported to NZTR by the Stipendiary Steward or Investigator dealing with the breach and NZTR shall consider whether, in addition to any penalty which may be imposed by the Judicial Committee, such person’s Licence should be cancelled under Rule 322(1) of these Rules.
(3) A Rider who, having been required by a Stipendiary Steward or Investigator to supply a sample of his blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (or more than one thereof) in accordance with this Rule must not have a sample blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (whichever is the subject of the applicable sample) which is found upon analysis to contain any controlled drug as defined in the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 or other illicit substance or diuretic and/or its metabolites, artifacts or isomers.
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