Participants please note the following AHRR Rule amendments:
New Definition:
“Microchip” means an electronic identifier transponder of a type approved by the Controlling Body encoded with a unique unalterable number.
Amend Definition:
“Controlling Body” means
(a) Save and except for paragraph (b) an organisation which by convention, recognition or law is or is deemed to be in control of harness racing in a State or Territory of Australia or in part of or the whole of a country; and
(b) in respect of the State of Queensland, the Racing Queensland Board unless a rule provides for the Controlling Body to perform a function that is a function of the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission under the Racing Integrity Act 2016 (Qld) in which case the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission must perform the function.
Amend Rule:
94(1) A horse shall not be eligible for registration unless it is branded and microchipped or otherwise identified by a method approved by the Controlling Body.
Amend Stud Book Regulations:
1 “Microchip” means an electronic identifier transponder of a type approved by the Controlling Body encoded with a unique unalterable number.
4 (b) It is freeze branded and microchipped or otherwise identified by a method approved by Council, and
Approved 12 September 2017, effective 8 September 2017.