Industry information one clear day

Wednesday 30 September 2015
  1. PROHIBITED SUBSTANCES

Administering substances

  • Amend Rule 196B

196B.  (1)        A person shall not without the permission of the Stewards within one (1) clear day of the commencement of a race administer, attempt to administer or cause to be administered an injection to a horse nominated for that race.

(2)        For the purposes of this Rule –

(a)        One clear day means the twenty four (24) hour period from 12.01 a.m. to 12 midnight;

(b)        Administering an injection to a horse means the use of a syringe, needle or other instrument to introduce or extract any substance from the horse.

(c)        It is not necessary to establish whether any substance was injected or the nature of the substance injected.

(3)        A person who fails to comply with sub-rule (1) is guilty of an offence.

 

Summary of Amendments – HRA approved 28 September 2015

 

RULES AMENDED

196B(1), (2), (3)

NEW RULES / SUB-RULES

RULES REPEALED

RULES RENUMBERED