This Regulation does not preclude the Organisers providing specific sections for time recovery for example:
a.
In a nine minute section a penalty is imposed if a Competitor completes a section in less than six minutes.
b. In a 10 minute section – seven minutes. c. In an 11 minute section – eight minutes. d. In a 12 minute section – nine minutes. 10.6. Times will be recorded to whole minutes unless the Official Documents state otherwise.
10.7. Any timing to less than one minute will be recorded on equipment under the Control of the Chief Timekeeper.
10.8. 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.
10.9. The definitions of the following terms are as provided at Art. 9 above.
a. b.
Bogey Time Stage Maximum Time
10.10. The definitions of the following terms are provided at Arts. 4 – 7 above.
a. b. c.
Main Time Controls Regrouping Controls Special Stage Arrival Control
11. Penalties
d. Special Stage Finish Control.
11.1. Competitors will receive penalties on Special Stages as follows:
a. b. c.
Under Bogey: Penalty = Bogey Time Over Bogey but under Stage Maximum time: Penalty = Actual time taken Over Stage Maximum: Penalty = Stage Maximum Time
11.2. Organisers may require any Competitor who is late to reduce their lateness by either foregoing or reducing any period of time provided for remaining at a Control or official halt.
11.3. 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 the earlier sections. These provisions are subject to Standard Condition 4 of the Motor Vehicles( Competitions and Trials) Regulations where they apply.
11.4. No Penalty-Free Lateness or official delay allowance that has been either reduced or foregone as permitted by these Regulations may be reclaimed but this does not exclude fresh claims based on new circumstances.
12. Target Timed Penalty Schedule 12.1. See Appendix 8.
13. Scheduled Time Penalty Schedule 13.1. See Appendix 14.
13.2. For the avoidance of doubt the application of penalties under this Appendix does not preclude the application of penalties for breach of NCR pursuant to Chapter 2.
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