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Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB New Zealand - Racing calendar

66: Setting of racing calendar and allocation of racing dates

You could also call this:

“Planning races and deciding when and where they happen”

When there’s no agreement between TAB NZ and the racing codes about the racing calendar, TAB NZ needs to set up a special group called the dates committee. This committee has an important job to do before each racing year ends.

The dates committee must decide on three things for the next racing year:

  1. The racing calendar, which shows all the days when betting races will happen.
  2. Which racing clubs get to hold races on which days.
  3. Any rules about how the race days are given out.

Before making these decisions, the dates committee has to talk to all the racing codes to hear what they think.

The committee must include at least one person chosen by the racing codes together to speak for all of them.

When the committee gives out race days, they have to say which racecourse will hold the races. The racecourse must be approved by the right racing code.

This is how things work when there’s no other agreement between TAB NZ and the racing codes about setting up the racing calendar.

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Part 3 TAB New Zealand
Racing calendar

66Setting of racing calendar and allocation of racing dates

  1. This section applies only if there is no provision in any commercial agreement between TAB NZ and each or all of the racing codes providing for—

  2. the setting before the end of one racing year of a racing calendar that comprises all of the dates in the subsequent racing year on which betting races will occur; and
    1. the allocation of those dates among racing clubs; and
      1. any conditions of those allocations.

        1. TAB NZ must establish and maintain a committee (the dates committee) to carry out the functions specified in subsection (4).

        2. The dates committee must include at least 1 person appointed by the racing codes (acting jointly) to represent the collective interests of the codes.

        3. The dates committee must, before the end of each racing year, set—

        4. the racing calendar that comprises all of the dates in the subsequent racing year on which betting races will occur; and
          1. the allocation of those dates among racing clubs; and
            1. subject to subsection (6), any conditions of allocation.

              1. Before carrying out its functions under subsection (4), the dates committee must consult each of the racing codes on the proposed dates, allocation, and conditions.

              2. The conditions of allocation must include—

              3. the name of the racecourse at which the betting races will occur; and
                1. that the racecourse must be approved for racing by the relevant racing code.

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