Greyhounds Australasia (GA) announces the approval of several amendments to the GA Rules, set to take effect from 1 November 2025.

Amendments are:

 1.   Definitions

1.1.  Definition: “DNA Identity Profiling”  

2.   Exempted & Prohibited Substances

2.1.  GAR 138 (f) Meaning of an Exempted Substance

2.2.  GAR 139 Permanently banned prohibited substances and certain offences in relation to them…                           

(4) (sampling)  

3.   Welfare & Others

3.1.  GAR 30A Prohibited Practices (New Rule)

3.2.  GAR 30B Restricted Practices (New Rule)     

3.3.  GAR 39 Frequency of Racing 

3.4.  GAR 67 Breeding Unit of Semen collection  

3.5.   GAR 135 Restriction on racing if unraced for more than six months