Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations (SOR/91-365)

156. [Repealed, SOR/2011-169, s. 73]

157. and 158. [Repealed, SOR/2000-163, s. 11]

• 159. (1) Where a horse is chosen to undergo a test pursuant to subsection 161(1) and the owner or trainer of the horse has been notified pursuant to paragraph 161(2)(a), the owner or trainer shall immediately take the horse to a test inspector in the retention area.

• (2) For the purposes of this Part, the owner or trainer of a horse may designate a representative.

• (3) A representative designated under subsection (2) is deemed, for the purposes of this Part, to be the owner or trainer of the horse.

• (4) The owner or trainer of a horse chosen to undergo a test may

  • (a) witness the collection of the official sample;

  • (b) witness the sealing and identification of the official sample container; and

  • (c) sign the documentation that accompanies the official sample.

• (5) [Repealed, SOR/2000-163, s. 12]

160. An official sample collected pursuant to these Regulations is the property of Her Majesty in right of Canada.

• 161. (1) A steward or judge, as the case may be, a veterinarian designated by the appropriate Commission or an officer may choose any horse that is entered in a race to undergo a test

  • (a) where the horse is not on an EIPH list, within two hours before the post time of the race;

  • (b) where the horse is on an EIPH list, within five hours before the post time of the race; or

  • (c) after the race has been run and before the horse leaves the racing strip.

• (2) A person who chooses a horse pursuant to subsection (1) shall immediately

  • (a) notify the owner or trainer of the horse that the horse has been chosen to undergo a test; and

  • (b) inform a test inspector of the name of the horse.

• (3) An association shall have available the means to notify the owner or trainer of a horse that his or her horse has been chosen to undergo a test after the race has been run and before the horse leaves the racing strip.

• 162. (1) When a person other than a test inspector collects an official sample, the person shall, under the supervision of a test inspector,

  • (a) use approved paraphernalia provided by a test inspector;

  • (b) ensure that the official sample container is visible to the test inspector at all times; and

  • (c) sign the documentation that accompanies the official sample.

• (2) No person shall remove a horse that has been chosen to undergo a test from a retention area unless authorized to do so by the test inspector supervising the collection.