advance Control board at 11.08 stopping before the yellow board. The Vehicle is permitted to enter the Control area at any time after 11.12.00. The Time Card may be handed in at any time between 11.13.00 and 11.13.59 and a time of 11.13 will be recorded.) g.
If it is found that a Crew has not observed the rules for the check-in procedure the Marshal at the Control must make this the subject of a written report to be sent to the Clerk of the Course for consideration of the application of penalties.
3.6. The time of reporting at Controls will be recorded to the preceding whole minute when penalties are imposed per minute( for example 09 minutes 59 seconds will be recorded as 09 minutes).
3.7. Where a Control at the end of a section timed to the second( or to the second and part thereof) also forms the start of a section timed to the minute the time of departure will be considered as being the same as arrival but ignoring any seconds or parts thereof.
3.8. Competitors must not leave the Special Stage Arrival Control unless ready to start a Special Stage. 3.9. Exceptions to Art. 3.5 above are:
a.
b.
c.
In the event of a competing Vehicle obstructing other Competitors through being halted or unduly slowed down near a Control the Officials may instruct the Driver to proceed and may then record the time as the time when this instruction is given.
In the event of a Competitor presenting a Time Card to Officials at a time when the Vehicle is outside the Control area the Officials have discretion as to whether or not to make a record on the Time Card.
At the end of a Rally or of any day of a Rally Competitors are allowed to check in in advance of their due time. This must be specifically authorised by the Rally Organisers in the Official Documents or an official bulletin. Competitors arriving early must have their due time entered on the Time Card; those arriving later than their due time must have their actual time of arrival entered.
4. Main Controls
4.1. Are situated at the Start and Finish of a Rally immediately before and after any Rest Halt and at any other specified point. At a Main Control after a Rest Halt Competitors will( unless the Official Documents specify otherwise) restart at one minute intervals:
a. b. c.
In number order or In the order of their arrival at the Main Control preceding the Rest Halt or In the order of their arrival at some other preceding Control or d. In the order of General Classification at a specified point if interim results are available.
The method used must be specified in an Official Instruction. Each Competitor must be given a due starting time from any Main Control( Out) and any difference between this time and their actual starting time will be counted towards cumulative lateness and a Time Penalty applied( unless the Official Documents specify otherwise).
5. Regrouping Controls
5.1. The Road Book will specify these Controls where Competitors not Disqualified by having more than the Maximum Permitted Lateness at the Control will start the next section with zero lateness.
6. Special Stage Arrival Control
6.1. At this Time Control a Marshal enters a Competitor’ s time of arrival and the provisional starting time for a Special Stage which must be a minimum of three minutes after the arrival time in order to allow the crew to prepare for the stage.
6.2. The area between the Special Stage Arrival Control and the Stage Start is Parc Fermé.
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