Rule 1103(4)(d)

RULES OF RACING
(f)   to order that any horse be swabbed or examined or tested or that a sample or samples be taken from it, as part of any investigation being carried out or hearing being conducted by the Judicial Committee, and in the event of any such order being made neither the Judicial Committee nor any person carrying out its order shall be liable to the owner of or any other person having any interest in the horse for any loss suffered as a result of or in connection with such order or the carrying out thereof;
(g)   to hold an inquiry into any alleged failure to comply with the provisions of Rule 866 notwithstanding that such inquiry involves consideration of the running or riding of a horse both in the particular race to which the alleged failure relates and in some other race or races at a meeting or meetings at which that Judicial Committee did not necessarily officiate;
(h)   to determine questions arising in relation to the Totalisator and investments thereon and persons using the same but not disputes or claims in relation to bets not made on the Totalisator;
(i)   to require a Jockey, Apprentice Jockey or the holder of an Amateur Rider's Certificate to permit a sample of his blood, breath, urine, saliva or sweat (or more than one thereof) to be obtained from him by or under the supervision of a registered medical practitioner or by an authorised person at such time and place nominated by a Stipendiary Steward or Racecourse Inspector.
(3)   Every Judicial Committee shall, in addition to having all the powers which are conferred on it by any of these Rules, have all such powers as are necessary to enable it to discharge the functions set out in sub-Rules (1) and (2) of this Rule.
(4)   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this or any other Rule, the Judicial Committee shall not have the power to permit a horse to carry any weight other than that which it was handicapped or re-handicapped to carry (except that the handicapped or re-handicapped weight may be permitted to be altered by declared overweight, by penalty or by authorised allowance).
INFORMATIONS
1103 (1) All proceedings shall be commenced by way of filing an information either:
(a)   with the Registrar of the Judicial Committee where the information is filed during a race meeting; or
(b)   with a person appointed by the Judicial Control Authority to receive an information where the information is filed
other than during a race meeting.
(2)   Every information shall be in the form prescribed by the Judicial Control Authority from time to time.
(3)   Every Registrar shall ensure that at every race meeting he attends there are sufficient such forms available for use.
(4)   (a)   During a race meeting an information may be filed only by:
(i)   a Stipendiary Steward or Racecourse Inspector;
(ii)   the Owner, Trainer or the person in charge of the horse or Rider of a horse in a race, against another horse or rider in that race. Such Owner, Trainer, or person or Rider shall prior to the filing of an information lodge with the Registrar a filing fee the amount of which shall be prescribed from time to time by the Board. Provided that the Registrar with whom the information is filed may accept in lieu of such fee a written undertaking by the informant to pay such fee within seven days;
(iii) any person with the leave of the Judicial Committee. Such person shall unless exempted by the Judicial Committee prior to filing an information lodge with the Registrar a filing fee the amount of which shall be prescribed from time to time by the Board. Provided that the Registrar with whom the information is filed
may accept in lieu of such fee a written undertaking by the informant to pay such fee within seven days.
(b)   Subject to Rule 917(5) hereof, no information which seeks or may result in any change to the Judge's placings on account of interference with the chances of another horse or horses placed by the Judge or any ground referred to in Rule 1107(2) shall be filed later than the time specified in that Rule.
(c)   After the time specified in paragraph (b) hereof no information may be filed against any person, or any horse which started in a race, except by a Stipendiary Steward or Racecourse Inspector.
(d)   Otherwise than during a race meeting an information may be filed only by a Stipendiary Steward or Racecourse Inspector and then only if he has received written permission from the Chief Executive to do so.
(e)   Nothing in paragraph (b) of this sub-Rule shall prevent a Stipendiary Steward or Racecourse Inspector filing an information at any time later than the time specified in Rule 1107(2) and seeking the disqualification of a horse from a race or races but no such information, or proceeding resulting from the filing of such information, shall have any effect on the payment of dividends in that race or result in any change to the dividends if authority for the payment thereof has already been given.

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