Registration of Clubs and other bodies

1.  The Controlling Body shall keep a register of all harness racing clubs granted registration.

2A. (1)  An application for registration shall be made to the Controlling Body not less than 2 months before the expiration of any existing registration.

(2)  An applicant shall forward copies of its financial reports and accounts to the Controlling Body not less than 2 weeks before the expiration of any existing registration.

(3)  An unregistered club may make application for registration at any time and its application shall be accompanied by copies of its financial reports and accounts.

(4)  An application shall be made on form R 2-A.

(5)  Any change to the information furnished on the form shall be notified to the Controlling Body within 7 days of the change occurring.

(6)  It is a term and condition of registration under rule 2 that a registered club shall keep worker’s compensation and public risk insurance current during the term of registration.

(7)  It is a term and condition of registration under rule 2 that a registered club which makes application to a person or body (other than the Controlling Body) for permission to conduct a meeting or race or for the allocation of dates for a meeting or race, shall forward a copy of its application and any associated correspondence and documentation to the Controlling Body.

3A. (Rule 3A repealed, HRA approved 30.03.2007)

Inspection and measurement of tracks

4.  Before registration can be granted under rule 2 the track proposed to be used for the conduct of meetings or races must be inspected by a person nominated by the Controlling Body and the Controlling Body must approve the use of the track.

5.  Each club shall whenever required by the Controlling Body to do so, furnish the Controlling Body with a certificate relating to the dimensions of the club's track made by such person and containing such information and certification and complying with such requirements as the Controlling Body may determine.

5A. (1)  A club seeking registration for the first time must furnish the Controlling Body with a surveyor’s certificate relating to the dimensions, features and composition of the club’s track.

(2)  A surveyor’s certificate must be furnished by a club to the Controlling Body whenever the club’s track is modified or race distances are changed or distance or start markers are removed or altered.

Qualifying/requalifying supervisors

6.  (1)  Clubs, persons or bodies and such other persons as the Controlling Body may determine, may make application to the Controlling Body for the appointment of persons as qualifying/requalifying supervisors.

(5)  Subject to the terms and conditions imposed under sub-rule (3), qualifying/requalifying supervisors may -

       (a)  at or in respect of races promoted or conducted exercise the powers conferred on Stewards by these rules;

       (b)  supervise the conduct of official trials.

6A.  Application for appointment of a person as a Qualifying/Requalifying supervisor shall be made on form R6-A.

Harness racing associations

7.   (1)  The secretary or other office holder of a harness racing association shall submit the association’s constitution, rules, or any amendments thereto, to the Controlling Body for approval.   

(2)  The constitution, rules, or amendments thereto, as the case may be, have no force or effect unless approval is given by the Controlling Body.

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

Information and reports

8.   A club or an official shall when directed by the Controlling Body furnish it with information or investigate and report upon a matter.

Exclusion from racecourse

9.   (1)  A club may exclude from its racecourse, premises or other place under its control, a person under disqualification or a person currently warned off or excluded from a racecourse.

Offences and other related matters

10.  (1)  A club shall not promote or conduct meetings or races unless it is registered under these rules.