CHAPTER 5 OFFICIALS- PART A Appendix 12- Safety Delegates( Rally)
• The relevant general provisions of Part A App. 2 to this Chapter apply together with the specific obligations in this Appendix.
1.1. The role of the ASN Safety Delegate is to assess the effectiveness of safety measures aimed at keeping the public, Volunteers and competing crews safe. The Safety Delegate is an experienced person provided as a check and balance on safety; they will provide support and advice to help in ensuring the safe planning and management of an Event.
1.2. The Safety Delegate role has four specific parts:
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Input into an Event at planning stage – Organisers should contact their Safety Delegate in the early stages of the Event planning process to agree input;
Visiting each Stage usually on the day prior to the Event( with the Spectator Safety Officer, Event Safety Officer or other Senior Official) to confirm set-up plans and overview safety planning proposals;
Travelling around the Special Stages during the Event- in a safety car to a schedule agreed with the Organiser( and may travel with the Spectator Safety Officer);
Taking part in post-event debrief – including a written report to the ASN that will be made available to the Organiser of the Event. The Safety Delegate should provide the Organiser with a draft copy of this for comment prior to it being sent to the ASN.
1.3. The Safety Delegate also has specific regulatory powers. The Safety Delegate will exercise these powers if absolutely required on the Event. They will require a radio which has the capability to talk to both Rally Control and through Radio Control to the Stages. A poor report from the Safety Delegate would be expected to result in changes to the Event or potentially to a permit not being approved for that Event the following year.
1.4. Subject to Art. 1.5 below, in the case of Force Majeure or for safety reasons the Safety Delegate may instruct the Clerk of the Course to postpone, abandon or stop an Event or part of an Event. Any such instruction must be formally recorded and must be copied to the ASN. Provided that an Event is run in more than one heat or part, these powers may, if thought fit, be exercised in respect of one heat or part.
1.5. The Stewards of an Event should so far as in their ability to do so prevent unnecessary danger and the ASN Steward has overriding authority in matters of safety save where the ASN has appointed a Safety Delegate, in which case the Safety Delegate shall have overriding authority in matters of safety.
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