CHAPTER 13 RALLY Appendix 1- Regulations Applying to All Rallies including Public Relations and Sound Testing
1. General
1.1. This Appendix must be read in conjunction with all applicable Appendices to this Chapter and Chapters 3 and 5 and 7.
1.2. Any Competition traversing a Public Highway in England Wales or Scotland is subject to the provisions of the Motor Vehicles( Competitions and Trials) Regulations. Applications to run such events must be made to the Competition Authorisation Office( CAO) at the ASN or in the case of Scotland to the Royal Scottish Automobile Club. Details of the authorisation procedure are available from either organisation.
1.3. The ASN Permit must be obtained for all Events before they are run.
1.4. The ASN Permit applications must be made in accordance with Chapter 3 prior to the CAO Authorisation being granted.
1.5. The Permit and the CAO Authorisation( where applicable) numbers must be shown in all Final Instructions.
1.6. The Permit itself is validated only when authorisation has been granted.
1.7. Clubs must not allow a new Organiser to organise any Event without there being strict checks by experienced people concerning compliance with these Regulations.
1.8. Organisers of Interclub and higher status Events must have sufficient previous organisation experience.
1.9. The ASN will appoint a Safety Delegate to all Multi- Venue Stage Rallies and any other Stage Rally including Rally Time Trials and Rally Demonstration Events where the ASN deems it appropriate to do so.
1.10. The use of the public forest estates managed by Natural Resources Wales(‘ NRW’), Forestry and Land Scotland(‘ FLS’) and Forestry England(‘ FE’) must have been approved by the ASN. Permission must be applied for by an annually specified date prior to the Forestry year( which runs 1 January- 31 December).
1.11. No contact should be made with NRW, FLS or FE respectively before receiving approval from the ASN or its appointed Forestry Liaison Officer or Rally4Wales.
1.12. Specifically in the case of Rally if a Championship Round is cancelled or changes its date due to reasons of Force Majeure then the Championship Organisers may arrange for an alternative Event or date for an Event to be included in the Championship calendar. Subject to the overriding authority of the ASN only one such change to that Championship is permitted and is subject to prior ASN approval and will only be permitted if less than 15 % of the Competitors registered for the Championship object in writing to the change.
1.13. Any Organising Club or Promotor who proposes to establish a new Stage Rally or Targa Road Rally, or Rally Championship, must complete an Expression of Interest form and submit this to the ASN Head of Rallying in advance for ratification. No promotion must take place prior to ratification by the ASN.
2. National Courses
2.1. The selection of any route for a Competition is subject to ASN approval. When requesting approval a detailed itinerary must be submitted giving the exact distances to be covered.
2.2. Where appropriate The Motor Vehicles( Competitions and Trials) Regulations must be complied with in all respects.
3. International Courses
3.1. When the projected route of an Event traverses the territory of other ASNs the Organisers( through the UK ASN) must obtain the consent of all ASNs through whose territories the route may pass.
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