AUSTRALIAN RULES OF RACING - …

1 _____ AUSTRALIAN RULES OF RACING amended to 1st JANUARY 2018 _____ Including amendment to _____ 2 In the interpretation of these RULES , (and of any programme of a race meeting held thereunder), the following words unless the context otherwise requires, shall have or include meanings as follows:- "Advertised" or "Advertisement" includes publication in any newspaper or RACING Calendar or in any printed, typewritten, or written placard, circular, or poster. Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Clearing Certificate means means a certificate from an Official RACING Laboratory stating that a sample (taken under the supervision of the Stewards or other official appointed by the Principal RACING Authority to do so) is free of anabolic androgenic steroids or that any anabolic androgenic steroids that are present are at or below the relevant concentrations set out in (1).

2 [added ] "Apprentice" means a person who is duly bound to a trainer or owner in accordance with the Local RULES of the Principal RACING Authority with jurisdiction over the territory in which such trainer or owner resides. "Association" mean any association of Clubs holding registered meetings, the articles or RULES of which have been approved by the Principal RACING Authority, and any Registration Board the constitution of which has been approved by the said Principal RACING Authority. " AUSTRALIAN RACING Board" and "Board" means the " AUSTRALIAN RACING Board Limited" constituted in accordance with [replaced ] "Authorised Agent" means a person who has produced to the Principal RACING Authority, Committee of the Club or the Stewards or other relevant official a satisfactory written authority signed by his principal.

3 Banned Substance means a substance declared as a banned substance in riders by [added ] Beneficial Interest means a person who by agreement or other legal arrangement has the right to some profit distribution or other like benefit from ownership of a horse even though title to the horse is in another s name or any individual or group of individuals that either directly or indirectly has the power to vote or influence business decisions in respect of the horse. [added ] "Chairmen of Stewards" means the National Chairmen of Stewards Advisory Group to the AUSTRALIAN RACING Board Limited. Clear Day means a 24 hour period from to 12 midnight.

4 [added ] "Club" includes any person or body holding or proposing to hold a race meeting in the Commonwealth. Cruelty includes any act or omission as a consequence of which a horse is mistreated. [added ] "The Committee of the Club" means the Committee of any Club which is registered with a Principal RACING Authority or whose meetings are registered with a Principal RACING Authority. "Company" means - 3 (a) a company incorporated or registered under any Act or Ordinance of any state or territory of the Commonwealth of Australia whilst it remains so incorporated or registered; and (b) a 'foreign company' within the meaning of the Corporations Law or any replacement or successor legislation.

5 [amended ] Correct Weight means a declaration by the Stewards officiating at a race meeting that the result of a race is official. "Deputy Registrar of Racehorses" and Deputy Registrar mean any person appointed to act as such by a Principal RACING Authority provided that the name of the appointed person is notified as soon as practicable to the Registrar of Racehorses. [amended ] "Disqualification" includes the adoption or confirmation in accordance with these RULES of any disqualification and "Disqualify" has a corresponding meaning. "Document of Description" means the document which bears that name and which has been issued by the Registrar of Racehorses or a recognised turf authority in relation to the identity of the racehorse described therein and shall include a Certificate of Registration issued by the Registrar of Racehorses or a recognised turf authority.

6 Eligible Horse means a horse which is eligible to be registered under these RULES but has not yet been registered under these RULES . [added ] "Executive Officer" means the person appointed by the Board as the executive officer of the Board. [added ] "Firm" means any individual or any number of individuals not exceeding twenty (excluding companies) carrying on business in Australia under a firm or business name which name is and remains registered under any statute or ordinance of any State or Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia relating to "Business Names" or such-like. "Foal Identification Card" means the card which bears that name and which has been issued by the AUSTRALIAN Stud Book or a recognised turf authority in relation to the identity of the horse described thereon.

7 " [added ] Foal Ownership Declaration means the form required to be lodged by the Manager, or his or her Authorised Agent, with the Registrar within 30 days of the Mare Return lodgement. The Declaration must set out the names of each person with a Beneficial Interest in that foal from its birth to the date of the Declaration. [added ] "Forfeits" includes all overdue and unpaid acceptances or qualification fees, or moneys, stakes, fines, subscriptions, course, track, and other fees not being entrance fees due by or imposed upon any person or due in respect of or imposed upon any horse, or which shall be published in the RACING Calendar as so due or imposed.

8 Group Races, Listed Races and Restricted Listed Races , for races run in Australia, shall mean those races which are published as such in the schedule of races described as Group Races, Listed 4 Races and Restricted Listed Races by the AUSTRALIAN RACING Board. [amended ] "Group and Listed Races", for races run outside Australia, shall mean those races which are published by the International Cataloguing Standards Committee. Helmet means a protective riding helmet the standard of which is approved by the AUSTRALIAN RACING Board. [added ] Horse handler means any licensed person who handles any horse at any meetings, trial, jump out or in training and includes but is not limited to stable hands, trainers, veterinarians, farriers and barrier attendants.

9 [added ][amended ] "Interest" in respect of a horse for purposes of 53, 166(c) and 182 and (subject to this definition) for any other purposes under these RULES includes membership of a Syndicate which owns or leases a horse, and for the purpose of 84, 85 and 175(e) includes membership of a Company, Firm or Syndicate which owns or leases a horse or has any interest direct or indirect in a horse or in a Company, Firm or Syndicate which owns or leases a horse and the word "Interested" and all other derivatives and applications of the word "Interest" shall be construed accordingly. A "Jockey" is a person licensed by a Principal RACING Authority or an Association to ride for hire.

10 "The Judge" means the person duly appointed as such and includes any Assistant Judge similarly appointed and any substitute appointed in accordance with these RULES . "Lease" includes any agreement whereby the owner of a horse permits another person to race the horse. [added ] Licensed wagering operator means a wagering operator that holds a licence or authority however described under the legislation of any State or Territory in Australia to carry out wagering operations whether in that State or Territory or elsewhere. [added ] Jump-out means a trial, other than an official trial, organised, supervised and controlled by a Club or the management of a recognised training track, which is started from barrier stalls, and is conducted in accordance with any conditions set by the Principal RACING Authority.