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Terms and Conditions

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

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

Greyhound Nomination

Greyhounds may only be nominated into the Scheme by either the registered Breeder or Owner of the greyhound.
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.
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.
For a greyhound to be eligible for nomination into the Scheme it must be:
1. Whelped in New South Wales;
2. Nominated by the registered Breeder or Owner no later than when the greyhound reaches ten months of age; and
3. Registered with GRNSW at the time of nomination.
Nomination of a greyhound 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.
The nomination fee must be paid in full at the time of lodging a Blue Paws Nomination Form by the nominator.
The fee is payable only once in respect of a greyhound.

Programming of Bonus Races

GRNSW shall determine a program of Blue Paws Bonus Races and publish this program on www.thedogs.com.au. GRNSW does however reserve the right to alter or withdraw Blue Paws Bonus Races at any time without notice.
In relation to Betfair Blue Paws Super Series Heats and Finals, these races are open to Blue Paws nominated greyhounds only.

Payment of Bonuses

A bonus payment shall be awarded to a Blue Paws nominated greyhound for each of its wins in a Blue Paws Bonus Race as per the table below subject to the satisfactory outcome of any GRNSW swab or inquiry procedure.

	Metropolitan Meetings	TAB Meetings	Non-TAB Meetings
Maiden Race		$150
Nominated Blue Paws Maiden Series Final		$1,000	$600
Nominated Blue Paws 5th Grade Series Heats	$400	$250
Nominated Blue Paws 5th Grade Series Final	$2,000	$1,250	$1,000
Nominated Blue Paws Graded Race	$2,000	$1,250	$1,000
Super Series Heats	$400	$250
Super Series Final	$4,000	$2,500

GRNSW will pay the bonus payment owing to a Blue Paws nominated greyhound due to it winning a Blue Paws Bonus Race prior to the result of any swab becoming finalised. However, should the greyhound be disqualified due to a positive swab or inquiry procedure, GRNSW will take action to recover any bonus payment made to the owner and breeder of that greyhound for the relevant race.
In the event of a greyhound being disqualified from a Blue Paws Bonus Race, and once race results have been adjusted, should the new winning greyhound of the race be Blue Paws nominated, the bonus payment will then be made to the connections of that greyhound, except in the case where the race in question was a Maiden race and where that Blue Paws nominated greyhound has since won its Maiden and received a Blue Paws bonus payment.
Bonus payments shall be paid in accordance with the proportions shown in the tables below for the duration of the greyhound’s racing career:

If the Breeder is the nominator of the racing greyhound:

Category	Percentage of Bonus
Breeder	50%
Owner	50%

If the Owner is the nominator of the racing greyhound:

Category	Percentage of Bonus
Breeder	25%
Owner	75%

The greyhound nominator is either the registered Breeder or Owner that paid the Blue Paws nomination fee for the greyhound.
Blue Paws bonus payments will be processed by GRNSW every second Thursday.
The bonus is not prize money, and is not to be taken into account when calculating the prize money earned by a greyhound.
If a Blue Paws nominated greyhound runs a dead heat for a win in a Blue Paws Bonus Race, the bonus available shall be divided equally amongst the Blue Paws nominated 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 Blue Paws nominated greyhound, then that greyhound will receive the whole of the bonus available.
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.
Should the greyhound be owned by a partnership or syndicate, the bonus payment will be made to the nominated manager of that partnership or syndicate, and GRNSW shall not be liable for the bonus payment being distributed to other members of that partnership or syndicate.

General

The person who signs a Blue Paws Nomination Form indemnifies GRNSW against all liability it may be responsible for because of any incorrect statement in the form.
If a Blue Paws Nomination 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.
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.
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.
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
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.

GRNSW may at any time refuse or reject the nomination of any greyhound without providing any reasons.
Any monies derived from sponsorship of the Scheme shall belong to GRNSW.
All nomination fees are inclusive of Goods and Services Tax (GST).
GST will be added to bonus payments made to suppliers registered for GST who have submitted the appropriate details and declarations as required by GRNSW.
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 Blue Paws Nominators determined by it the proportion (if any) of the balance of the fees paid to it in respect of Blue Paws after deducting expenses incurred in respect of Blue Paws and 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 Blue Paws Nomination 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.
All persons named as a Blue Paws Nominator agree by submitting a Blue Paws Nomination Form for themselves and on behalf of persons whose claims arise through them to be bound by these conditions.

Interpretation

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. “Blue Paws Nomination Form” means a form approved by GRNSW for applying to GRNSW to nominate for registration in the NSW 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.

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