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title: Greyhounds Australasia Rule Amendment
description: GA Board approves a rule amendment prohibiting surgical artificial insemination in greyhound racing, effective January 1, 2026.
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# [Greyhounds Australasia Rule Amendment](https://tasracing.com.au/news/greyhounds-australasia-rule-amendment)

 Written by [Staff Writers](https://tasracing.com.au/news/author/staff-writers) | Dec 18, 2025 1:43:47 AM

Dear participants,

In August, the GA Board approved the following amendment to the GA Rules, for adoption by the Controlling Bodies and Regulators, with an effective date of 1 January 2026.

 

1.   **Welfare & Others**

1.1.  GAR 30A Prohibited Practices *(i) Surgical Artificial Insemination*

 

The rule amendment has been endorsed by the Tasracing Board at yesterday's meeting and has been approved by the Commissioner's Office.

The updated Tasmanian Greyhound Rules of Racing are available on Tasracing’s website:

[https://tasracing.com.au/integrity/greyhound/rules-and-policies-greyhound](https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftasracing.com.au%2Fintegrity%2Fgreyhound%2Frules-and-policies-greyhound&data=05%7C02%7CT.Heffernan%40tasracing.com.au%7C397efe2a60314ab5a7ce08de3d248690%7Cf0a0f8e44432480c82f2e2cf78906e5b%7C0%7C0%7C639015424265612153%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=dNYrT%2FJEleufN0IGkpIEhLpyRwMU1ggkz2%2BoiadoNo8%3D&reserved=0) 

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