HUNT TEST RULES AND REGULATIONS (CKC)
Interpretations
Definitions
For the purpose of these rules and regulations, the following interpretations shall apply:
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Canadian Kennel Club
"CKC" means The Canadian Kennel Club
"Club" means a club or association officially recognized by The Canadian Kennel Club
"complainant" means any person who has laid a charge or complaint against another person, partnership, company or organization relative to contravention of these rules, regulations, procedures and policies of The Canadian Kennel Club
"debar" means that any person is prohibited from participating in any competition or other activities directed, sanctioned, sponsored or authorized by The Canadian Kennel Club if held under the auspices or under any of its rules and regulations, to the extent and subject to terms imposed in any particular case
"defendant" means any person, partnership, company or organization against whom or which a charge or complaint has been laid, relative to contravention of these rules, regulations, procedures and policies of The Canadian Kennel Club
"deprive of privileges" means that a non-member is deprived of all privileges accorded to non-members of The Canadian Kennel Club, including the use of the Head Office
"dog" means a purebred dog of either sex and refers to Retrievers, Irish Water Spaniels and Standard Poodles
"entrant" means the individual, or if a partnership, all the members of the partnership, entering in a hung test
"expel" means termination of membership in The Canadian Kennel Club and depriving the person so expelled from all privileges of The Canadian Kennel Club
"good standing" means an individual who is not under suspension, deprivation, debarment or who has not forfeited his right to participate in any Canadian Kennel Club approved events
"handler" means the person handling the dog in a hunt test
"Head Office" means the office at which the business of The Canadian Kennel Club is carried out on a regular and ongoing basis
"immediate family" means spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, grandparents and significant other
"just cause" means how a reasonable person without personal bias or prejudice would act
"suspend" means that a member is deprived, for the period ordered, of all the privileges of The Canadian Kennel Club
This rulebook shall be read with all applicable changes in gender so that the masculine shall include the feminine and vice versa and the singular shall include the plural. Unless stated otherwise, the Master Hunt Test shall include the Owner Handler Master Test and vice versa.
Hunt Test Defined & Classified
An approved hunt test is a formal event given by a CKC accredited club at which qualifying scores may be awarded towards a title.
A sanctioned hunt test match is an informal event given by a CKC accredited club at which dogs compete but do not earn qualifying scores towards a title.
