✨ Racing Rules and Committee Structure
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 58
17 MAY 2013
Cataloguing Standards and International Statistics Book (‘the Blue Book’), maintained by the International Grading and Race Planning Advisory Committee (IRPAC).
DEFINITIONS
104 In these Rules, unless the context requires otherwise:
Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee means the committee established under Rule 506(1) for the purpose of determining Group Races and Listed Races.
GRADED STAKES
506 The provisions of this Rule 506 govern the appointment, operation, rights and powers of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee and Review Panel.
(1) From time to time a Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee shall be appointed, comprising eight members as follows:
(a) a Chairman who shall be appointed by NZTR, after consultation with the President of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association;
(b) three representatives of NZTR who shall be appointed by NZTR;
(c) three representatives of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association who shall be appointed by its Council;
(d) a representative of the thoroughbred auction companies operating in New Zealand who has experience in cataloguing and pedigree compilation and who shall be appointed by the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association Council.
(2) The appointment of the relevant members shall take place in December of each year, and shall take effect from 1 January to 31 December of the following year, except in the event of the death or resignation of a member of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee or of a vacancy occurring in the membership of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee, in which event the body or bodies which appointed the member who held the now vacant position shall appoint another person to fill that position.
(3) A member of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee may be appointed for a further term as a member.
(4) The Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee shall meet at such time and place as is determined by the Chairman and is notified to the members in writing at least ten days prior to the date of the meeting, provided that less than ten days’ notice may be given if five or more members of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee agree to such a lesser period of notice.
(5) If:
(a) the Chairman is not present at a meeting of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee, the members present shall elect one of their number to be Chairman of that meeting;
(b) any member is absent without leave of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee for more than two successive meetings of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee then that person’s seat shall be vacated, but in the case of any member who has been granted leave of absence for a period of not less than three months the body or bodies which elected or appointed him may appoint a substitute to act in his stead during his absence.
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