Terms & Conditions

NSW Betfair Blue Paws Breeders & Owners Incentive Scheme

Listed below are the terms and conditions of the NSW Betfair Blue Paws Breeders & Owners Incentive Scheme. Please read the terms and conditions carefully prior to proceeding with your nomination.

The Scheme

1. The Scheme is the NSW Betfair Blue Paws Breeders & Owners Incentive Scheme.
2. Nomination is open to eligible greyhounds up to the age of ten months.
3. The Scheme is established by Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) and shall be administered by GRNSW.
4. The Scheme is subject to the Rules of greyhound racing as adopted by the Greyhound and Harness Racing Regulatory Authority (G&HRRA).

Greyhound Nomination

5. Greyhounds may only be nominated to the Scheme by either the registered Breeder or Owner of the greyhound.
6. The Owner of a greyhound is that person recorded as such on the registration certificate of the greyhound, but if the greyhound is leased, means the lessee.
7. The Breeder of the greyhound is that person that is the registered owner of the Dam at the time that the greyhound is registered into the Scheme.
8. For a greyhound to be eligible for nomination into the Scheme until 31st August 2007, it must be:
   1. Sired by a Stud Dog registered in the Scheme at the time the dam of the greyhound was served by the nominated Stud Dog;
   2. Whelped in New South Wales;
   3. Nominated for registration under the Scheme by the registered Breeder or Owner no later   than when the greyhound reaches eight months of age; and
   4. Registered with the G&HRRA Registrations Department at the time of nomination.
9. For a greyhound to be eligible for nomination into the Scheme from 1st September 2007, it must be:
   1. Whelped in New South Wales;
   2. Nominated for registration under the Scheme by the registered Breeder or Owner no later than when the greyhound reaches ten months of age; and
   3. Registered with the G&HRRA Registrations Department at the time of nomination.
10. Nomination of a greyhound until 31st August 2007 is by way of a fee as listed below:
    1. Nominations received for greyhounds aged up to and including four months of age (120 days) will incur a fee of $35.
    2. Nominations received for greyhounds aged over four months and up to and including eight months of age (240 days) will incur a fee of $110.
11. Nomination of a greyhound from 1st September 2007 is by way of a fee as listed below:
    1. Nominations received for greyhounds aged up to and including six months of age (180 days) will incur a fee of $44.
    2. Nominations received for greyhounds aged over six months and up to and including ten months of age (300 days) will incur a fee of $110.
12. The nomination fee must be paid in full at the time of lodging a Blue Paws Form by the nominator.
13. The fee is payable only once in respect of a greyhound.

Stud Dog Contribution

Note: Stud Dogs do not need to be registered into the Scheme from September 1, 2007 for its progeny to be eligible for nomination into the Scheme.

14. Any Stud Dog may be nominated for registration into the Scheme by either the registered Owner or Stud Master of the Stud Dog.
15. For avoidance of doubt, a Stud Dog does not have to be domiciled in New South Wales to be eligible for nomination into the Scheme.
16. Nomination of a Stud Dog is by way of Stud Dog Contribution Fee payable per annum. The amount of the Stud Dog Contribution Fee is one times the advertised Service Fee
17. The advertised Service fee is:
    1. The amount that was the highest of any service fee advertised in any media or notified to the Scheme in the three months (90 days) prior to the registration of the Stud Dog into the Scheme;
    2. For the avoidance of doubt, the Advertised Service Fee is not the amount which may have actually been charged to an owner for the service of a bitch by a Stud Dog;
    3. The amount of an Advertised Service Fee is inclusive of GST;
    4. In the event that the advertised Service Fee increases above the amount paid as the Stud Dog Contribution Fee in the three months (90 days) after the Stud Dog was nominated into Scheme, the nominator of the Stud Dog will be liable to pay to the Scheme the difference between the new Service Fee and the Stud Dog Contribution Fee already paid.
18. Despite the amount of any Advertised Service Fee, the minimum Advertised Service Fee for all Stud Dogs is deemed to be $440;
19. Where a service fee is not or was not advertised for a Stud Dog, or where the amount of the Advertised Service Fee is in dispute, the Board of GRNSW will deem an amount to be the Advertised Service Fee;
20. A Stud Dog Contribution Fee is payable by January 1, each year in order for a Stud Dog to maintain its Betfair Blue Paws eligibility for the following year.
21. If a Stud Dog is unable to register prior to January 1, but is registered as a Betfair Blue Paws Stud Dog from between January 1 until November 31, the full fee may be paid in order to register it as an eligible Betfair Blue Paws Stud Dog for that year.
22. The Stud Dog Contribution Fee is payable by either the registered owner of the Stud Dog or registered Stud Master responsible for the Stud Dog.

Programming of Bonus Races

24. GRNSW shall determine a programme of Nominated Betfair Blue Paws Bonus Races and publish this program on www.thedogs.com.au. GRNSW does however reserve the right to alter or withdraw Nominated Betfair Blue Paws Bonus Races at any time without notice.

Payment of Bonuses

25. A bonus shall be awarded to a nominated greyhound for each of its wins in NSW as listed below subject to the satisfactory outcome of any GHRRA swab or inquiry procedure:

Note: the following bonus levels take effect from 1st November 2008

26. In relation to greyhounds nominated into the Scheme prior to 1st September 2007, each bonus shall be paid as listed in the tables below for the duration of their racing career:

If the breeder is the nominator of the racing greyhound:

 If the owner is the nominator of the racing greyhound:

27. In relation to greyhounds nominated into the Scheme from 1st September 2007, each bonus shall be paid as listed in the tables below for the duration of their racing career:

If the breeder is the nominator of the racing greyhound:

 If the owner is the nominator of the racing greyhound:

28. The greyhound nominator is either the registered Breeder or Owner that paid the greyhound nomination fee.
29. Payment of NSW Betfair Blue Paws Breeders & Owners Incentive Scheme bonuses will be made by GRNSW fortnightly on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.
30. The bonus is not prize money, and is not to be taken into account when calculating the prize money earned by a greyhound.
31. If a Betfair Blue Paws qualified greyhound runs a dead heat for a win in a Betfair Blue Paws Breeders & Owners Incentive Scheme Bonus Race, the bonus available shall be divided equally amongst the Betfair Blue Paws eligible greyhounds that dead heated, and paid according to that proportion. For the avoidance of doubt, if only one of the greyhounds that dead heated is a Betfair Blue Paws eligible greyhound, then that greyhound will receive the whole of the bonus available.
32. In the event of a change in ownership of a greyhound which is registered under the Scheme, the new Owner shall be entitled to receive any bonus payments payable to the Owner pursuant to this clause but if, at the time of payment of the bonus by GRNSW, it has not been advised of the change of ownership, then GRNSW shall not be liable to the new Owner in respect of any bonus payments distributed to the previous Owner and the previous Owner shall indemnify and keep indemnified GRNSW against all claims, liabilities and costs arising whether directly or indirectly as a result of the failure to notify the change of ownership of the greyhound.

General

38. The person who signs a Betfair Blue Paws Form indemnifies GRNSW against all liability it may be responsible for because of any incorrect statement in the form.
39. If a Betfair Blue Paws Form contains any incorrect statement, when discovered, the greyhound will automatically cease to participate in the Scheme and GRNSW is entitled to recover all bonuses paid to the owner and the breeder of the greyhound before the incorrect statement was discovered.
40. GRNSW in its sole and absolute discretion may waive or modify a requirement of one or more conditions in a particular instance or instances and may require as a condition of doing so that additional requirements be met.
41. These conditions may be amended by GRNSW, without notice at any time. GRNSW shall not be liable in any way if these conditions are amended.
42. GRNSW is not liable for any loss or damage of any kind because of its acts or omissions in the administration of the NSW Betfair Blue Paws Breeders & Owners Incentive Scheme
43. Any matter that is in dispute regarding the NSW Betfair Blue Paws Breeders & Owners Incentive Scheme (including but not limited to the application and interpretation of the terms and conditions, the payment of bonuses, or any other matter not covered by the terms and conditions) shall be determined solely by the Board of GRNSW.
44. GRNSW may at any time refuse or reject the nomination of any greyhound or Stud Dog without providing any reasons.
45. Any monies derived from sponsorship of the Scheme shall belong to GRNSW.
46. All nomination fees are inclusive of GST.
47. Goods and Services Tax will be added to bonus payments made to suppliers registered for GST who have submitted the appropriate details and declarations as required by GRNSW.
48. No refund, in full or in part, of a Nominator’s Fee is payable except as follows:-
    1. If GRNSW terminates the NSW Betfair Blue Paws Breeders & Owners Incentive Scheme, GRNSW shall determine and refund to those Betfair Blue Paws Nominators determined by it the proportion (if any) of the balance of the fees paid to it in respect of Betfair Blue Paws after deducting expenses incurred in respect of Betfair Blue Paws and Betfair Blue Paws Bonuses paid or liable to be paid by it which it in its sole and unfettered discretion thinks is appropriate;
    2. If any Betfair Blue Paws Form is rejected by GRNSW (which it may determine to do so in its sole discretion), any fee paid in respect of a greyhound named in that form shall be refunded in full.
49. All persons named as a Betfair Blue Paws Nominator agree by submitting a Betfair Blue Paws Form for themselves and on behalf of persons whose claims arise through them to be bound by these conditions.

Interpretation

50. In these conditions:-
    1. “GST” means tax that is payable or imposed as goods and services tax under the GST law as defined in the GST Act.
    2. The “GST Act” is the Act of Parliament titled A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999.
    3. “Prize Money” means money only (excluding Blue Paws bonuses) and does not include cups, trophies, or any material gain or benefit capable of being valued in money earned by a greyhound from whatever source for any person.
    4. Reference to a person includes a partnership, syndicate or corporation.
    5. “TAB races” are races on which off-course TAB betting is available.
    6. “Betfair Blue Paws Form” means a form approved by GRNSW for applying to GRNSW to nominate for registration in the Betfair Blue Paws Breeders’ & Owners’ Incentive Scheme.
    7. Headings are for ease of reference and do not form part of or affect the construction of these conditions.
    8. The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.