Stallion Inspection Parades, 1908. 



Unless in response to Ministerial request as above provided for, 

 owners at present in possession of matured stallions will require to 

 submit them for examination once only ; and those purchasing stallions 

 certificated in 1907 and 1908, will not require to submit them again. 

 Persons undertaking stallion keeping after 1908 will have had ample notice, 

 and will have full knowledge of the conditions to which their stallions 

 will be subjected, namely — the annual examination of all horses under 

 jive years old. 



Court of Appeal. 



Any owner of a stallion who is dissatisfied with the refusal of a 

 certificate in respect of his horse may appeal against the decision to the 

 Minister at any time within thirty days of the examination, under the fol- 

 lowing conditions: — 



(a) That the appeal is in writing and is accompanied by the lodg- 



ment of ^10 1 os., such amount to be forfeited in the event 

 of the appeal not being upheld. 



(b) That the appeal is accompanied by an undertaking to pay any 



railway fares and hotel expenses incurred by the Court of 

 Appeal in connection with the settlement of the appeal. 



(c) That, in the event of refusal having been on the ground of 



unsoundness, the appeal is accompanied by a certificate from 

 a registered Veterinary Surgeon setting out that the horse 

 has been found by him to be free from all the following 

 forms of unsoundness, viz. : — Broken wind, Roaring, Cataract 

 (eye), Nasal Disease (osteo-porosis), 'Ringbone, Sidebone, 

 Bone-spavin, Bog-spavin, Curb, Thoroughpin and bursal 

 enlargements. 



(d) That, in the event of refusal having been on the ground of 



being below standard for Government approval, the appeal 

 is accompanied by a certificate from the President and two 

 members of the Committee of the Society under whose 

 auspices the parade was held, setting out that in their opinion 

 the horse is of a fit and proper type, conformation, and 

 breed to be approved as a stud sire. 



On receipt of Notice of Appeal in proper form, and with the above 

 conditions complied with, the Minister will appoint a Court of Appeal, 

 which shall consist of : — 



(a) In the case of appeals against refusal of certificate on the 



ground of unsoundness, the Chief Veterinary Officer and two 

 practising veterinary surgeons. 



(b) In the case of appeals against refusal of certificate as being 



below standard for Government approval, the Chief Veteri- 

 nary Officer and two horsemen of repute and standing. 



Such Court will act and decide on the appeal, and its decision shall be 

 final, and not subject to review. _ 



The Minister mav, on the recommendation of the Court, allow a suc- 

 cessful appellant the whole, or such portion as he may decide, of the ex- 

 penses of the appeal. 



No stallion in respect of which a Government certificate is refused will 

 be allowed to be re-submitted for examination except in the case of an 

 appeal as herein provided for. 



