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ORGANISATION
1. Purpose
The Joint
Measurement Board was established in 1934 to run a national scheme
for the measurement of the height of horses and ponies for the
purpose of description and classification of horses and ponies for
competition.
2. Corporate
Status
The Joint
Measurement Board is a company limited by guarantee.
3. Office
The address for
all correspondence is PO Box 322, Horley, RH6 0WS.
4. Member
Societies
The Equestrian
Societies which are Members of The Joint Measurement Board Limited
are:-British Connemara Pony Society, British Show Horse Association,
British Show Jumping Association, British Skewbald and Piebald
Association, British Show Pony Society, Coloured Horse and Pony
Society, National Pony Society, Ponies Association (UK), Pony Racing
Authority, Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain and Welsh Pony and
Cob Society.
5. Stewards
Stewards are
appointed by the Member Societies, the British Equine Veterinary
Association and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. The
Stewards constitute the Management Committee. In the event of any
dispute as to the interpretation of these Rules the decision of the
Stewards shall be final.
The Stewards are:
Chairman: Mr I Camm
British Connemara Pony Society: Miss S Hodgkins
British Show Horse Association: Mr S Somers
British Show Jumping Association: Ms D Frazer
British Show Pony Society: Mr J McTiffin
British Piebald and Skewbald Society: Ms S Lawrence
Coloured Horse and Pony Society: Ms C Hamilton
National Pony Society: Mrs C Nelson
Ponies Association (UK): Mrs D Whiteman
Pony Racing Authority: Miss R Morgan
Sport Horse Breeding of Great Britain: Mrs J Thornton
Welsh Pony and Cob Society: Mr J Parry
Royal
College of Veterinary Surgeons: Dr R Ellis
British Equine Veterinary Association: Mr B Mayes
6. Secretariat
Secretaries are
appointed by the Stewards and have overall responsibility for the
day to day running of the Board in accordance with the Rules and
directions of the Stewards.
7. Panel of
Official Measurers
1. Official
Measurers are appointed to the Panel by the Stewards annually for
one year only.
Veterinary
Surgeons who have been members of the Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons for five years or more may apply to be appointed to the
Panel. The Stewards consider such applications each autumn and
appoint Official Measurers if necessary.
2. The Stewards of
The Joint Measurement Board Ltd reserve the right to delete the name
of any Veterinary Surgeon from the Panel at any time without being
required to give a reason.
3. A list of
Veterinary Surgeons who have been appointed Official Measurers is
published annually. See Appendix 1.
8. Referees
Referees are
senior members of the Veterinary profession and are appointed by the
Stewards
9. Rules and List
of Measurers
The Rules and
Panel of Official Measurers are published annually in December for
the following year. The Member Societies through the Stewards
reserve the right to review and amend any rules at any time.
10. Matters not
covered specifically by the Rules
Where any matter
shall arise which relates to:-
1. any
application for, issue of or objection to any Joint Measurement
Board Certificate;
2. any
measurement or re-measurement of any horse or pony under the Rules
of
The Joint
Measurement Board Limited whether by an Official Measurer or a
Referee;
3. the
administration of The Joint Measurement Board Limited, or
4. the choice of
Official Measurers and Referees -
and is not
covered by the Rules, the Stewards shall consider all the relevant
facts and give such directions relating thereto as may seem to them
in their absolute discretion to be just and appropriate.
11. - 19.
Reserved
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