✨ Racing Rules Amendments
2160 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 76 18 JULY 2014
Where a Rule or any part of a Rule provides that a horse may be disqualified if a person commits a breach in respect of such Rule or any such part the liability to disqualification of the horse shall not be regarded as a penalty for the person’s or body’s or other entity’s breach of the Rule or of the part.
(2) Where a horse or its Rider commits or is deemed to have committed a breach of these Rules or of any of them and a penalty is not provided elsewhere in these Rules for that breach:
(a) the horse may:
(i) be disqualified or scratched from any Race; and/or
(ii) be disqualified for a period not exceeding 12 months from and after the date of that Race;
(b) a Rider committing the breach, or a person who in the opinion of the Judicial Committee was in charge of the horse at any material time may:
(i) be disqualified for a period not exceeding 12 months; and/or
(ii) be suspended from holding or obtaining a Licence for a period not exceeding 12 months. If a Licence expires and is renewed during a term of suspension, then the suspension shall continue to apply to the renewed Licence; and/or
(iii) be fined a sum not exceeding $20,000, unless the breach is:
(A) a riding breach;
(B) a breach related to wagering; or
(C) a breach related to drugs, alcohol or a Prohibited Substance,
in which event such person shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or the amount of the fee and share of stakes payable to the Rider or Trainer concerned for the relevant Race (whichever is the greater amount) and to a period of disqualification not exceeding five years.
(3) Subject to Rule 803(2)(b), where any Licenceholder who has carried out, is carrying out, or is likely to carry out, a Safety Sensitive Activity at a Racecourse, Training Facility or Trainer’s Premises commits or is deemed to have committed a breach of these Rules related to drugs or alcohol and a penalty is not provided elsewhere in these Rules for that breach, that Licenceholder committing the breach may:
(a) be disqualified for a period not exceeding 5 years; and/or
(b) be suspended from holding or obtaining a Licence for a period not exceeding 12 months; and/or
(c) be fined a sum not exceeding $50,000,
provided that if the Licenceholder committing an alcohol related breach is a Trainer and it is that Trainer’s first offence under these Rules in relation to drugs or alcohol from the date Rule 803(3) came into effect, then that Trainer may be fined a sum not
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