b. By missing a Control or Controls. The Competitor will be penalised in accordance with App. 7( a) or( b) for every Control missed. On rejoining the route at a Control at the end of Standard Section the Competitor will be permitted to restart without further Penalty at any time between their original Scheduled Time and their Maximum Permitted Lateness in relation to their original Scheduled Time. If the rejoining Control is at the end of a Neutral Section and the Competitor has missed the Control at the beginning of a Neutral Section they will only be permitted to restart without further Penalty at their official corrected time based on the time of arrival at the last Control visited within Maximum Lateness.
5.17. If the need arises for an Organiser to extend Maximum Permitted Lateness this can only be done at a point on the route at which Competitors are required to report to avoid Disqualification. Maximum Permitted Lateness can then only be extended for the following part of the route and cannot be applied retrospectively for earlier Sections.
These provisions are subject to standard condition 4 of the Motor Vehicles( Competitions and Trials) Regulations where applicable.
5.18. No Penalty Free Lateness or official delay allowance that has been either reduced or foregone as permitted by Art. 5.15 above can be reclaimed. However, this does not exclude fresh claims based on new circumstances.
5.19. A Competitor found to have traversed a distance greater than four miles between two consecutive time Controls in less than three-quarters of the time specified by the official time schedule will be penalised in accordance with App. 7( l). In calculating the penalty any fraction of minute will be ignored. The 3 ⁄ 4 rule does not apply to sections of less than 8 minutes scheduled duration.
This Regulation does not preclude the Organisers providing specific sections for time recovery. For example:
• In a nine-minute section a Penalty is imposed if a Competitor completes a Section in less than six minutes.
• In a 10-minute section – seven minutes.
• In an 11-minute section – eight minutes.
• In a 12-minute section – nine minutes.
5.20. Times will be recorded to whole minutes unless the Official Documents state otherwise.
a. Any portions of the Event to be timed to seconds will be clearly indicated in the Route or Time Cards. b. Any timing to less than one minute will be recorded on equipment as detailed in App. 2 Arts. 2.30 – 2.34.
5.21. Competitors will be timed by the official timepieces in the charge of Officials unless the Official Documents state that watches carried by the Competitors can be used.
5.22. If Competitor’ s own watches are used they must be of a size and type to enable the dial to be read clearly and must be sealed.
a. The requirements for sealing watches must be stated in the Official Documents. b. The Organisers may reject any watch that cannot be satisfactorily sealed or read. c.
If any sealed watch varies from Official Time by more than one minute the Competitor concerned will be timed by official clocks from then on unless the Official Documents make provision for the replacement or re-setting of the watch concerned.
6. Results
6.1. To be classified as a finisher the Competitor must report to all Main Time Controls and unless otherwise stated in the Official Documents at least two-thirds of the Controls listed in the Route Card or Time Card.
6.2. The Competitor must report to the final Control if that is not an MTC and within the Maximum Lateness
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