17 MAY 2013

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 58

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(6) At a meeting of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee:

(a) the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee may regulate the conduct of business at its meetings in such a manner as it thinks fit and shall determine its own procedure;

(b) the presence of five members shall constitute a quorum;

(c) each member shall have one vote and in the case of an equality of votes the Chairman shall also have a casting vote on any question put to the vote at any such meeting.

(7) The functions of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee shall be to:

(a) produce no later than 31 August in each calendar year a list ranking the pre-eminent Races in New Zealand, in five categories of Races, namely Group I, Group II, Group III, Listed Stakes and Listed Jumps, in terms of the quality of horses contesting those Races having regard to:

(i) age, sex and aptitudes;

(ii) the then current version of the International Cataloguing Standards and ensuring that the list meets the specifications of the International Cataloguing Standards in order to enable its inclusion in Part 1 of the International Cataloguing Standards Handbook,

(b) supply the list produced by the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee to NZTR who shall be responsible for its publication and circulation.

NZTR shall reimburse the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee for the reasonable costs and expenses incurred in carrying out such functions.

(8)

(a) Subject to paragraph (c), before downgrading or delisting a Race from its ranking the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee shall give written notice to the Club concerned of its intention to do so and no Race shall be downgraded or delisted until there has been two consecutive annual runnings of that Race after the giving of such notice.

(b) Any Club that has been put on notice pursuant to paragraph (a) herein in respect of a particular Race is to be advised annually by the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee of its assessment of that Race in terms of the criteria set out in sub-Rule (7)(a) of this Rule until such time as either the notice is withdrawn or the Race is downgraded or delisted.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee may at any time, without giving written notice to a Club, downgrade or delist a Race where the Club has made significant changes to the Race in terms of one or more of the following:

(i) the distance of the Race;

(ii) the date of the Race;

(iii) the stake money;

(iv) the conditions of the Race.

(9) From time to time a Review Panel shall be established, comprising the:

(a) Chairman of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee (being the Chairman who was the Chairman of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee at the time the decision relating to the Graded Stakes List produced by the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee was made, notwithstanding that his term of office as Chairman of the Graded Stakes New Zealand Pattern Committee may have expired at the time the decision is being reviewed);

(b) the President of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association or his nominee; and

(c) the Chairman of the Board of NZTR or his nominee;.