Part F: understand that any untrue statement may be the subject of proceedings and penalty before the National Court’.
8.11. Upon a finding that the alleged breach is proved, the Court may impose such penalty as it sees fit pursuant to these NCR.
8.12. The Court cannot order any Competition to be re-run.
8.13. On the principle of Limitation of Actions no Disciplinary proceedings shall be brought in respect of any breach of these NCR where the alleged breach occurred more than 5 years before the date of the Summons.
8.14. Remission of Penalty. The National Court has the right to remit any unexpired term of a suspension or exclusion, as it may think fit. Requests for remission of sentence must be submitted in writing to the National Court, accompanied by a non-returnable fee as detailed in Ch. 1 App. 2. Whenever possible, the same Court which applied the original penalty will deal with the application and entirely in writing, with no right to an oral Hearing.
9. Inquiries and Investigations Part 1 – Inquiries Ordered by the ASN
9.1. The ASN may in its entire discretion order an Inquiry into any matter arising under or by virtue of these NCR. Such Inquiry shall be ordered no later than 60 days from the issue coming to the attention of the ASN.
9.2. Where such an Order has been made it shall be referred as soon as practicable to the National Court Administration and shall be referred to a Chair designated by the independent National Court Administrator.
9.3. The designated Chair may give Directions leading to the Hearing. 9.4. The Hearing shall be referred to as an Inquiry.
9.5. It shall be the responsibility of the ASN Legal Department to arrange for the delivery of all material evidence to the National Court Administration, such evidence respecting the several provisions of this PD. This material shall be the Inquiry Bundle.
9.6. Any witnesses in person shall be requested to attend by or on behalf of the ASN.
9.7. The National Court Administration shall effect delivery of the Inquiry Bundle to all parties requested to appear.
9.8. At the Inquiry the Evidence shall be led by ASN but subject to any Direction of the Court in respect of its proceedings and procedure.
Part 2 – Inquiries Ordered by the Court
9.9. Exceptionally the National Court may consider an application by a party other than the ASN for the National Court to hold an Investigatory Hearing into an issue which the ASN has not itself referred to the National Court. If the National Court is fully satisfied that it would have been reasonable for such a referral to have been made then the National Court may, of its own volition, instigate an Investigatory Hearing.
9.10. Any such application may only be submitted by one or more of the parties directly involved in the issue and must be made promptly and in any Event within three months from the date when the issue was first brought to the attention of the ASN or if later within 14 days of written notification to the parties that the issue would not be referred by the ASN to the National Court.
9.11. Applications must be submitted in writing to the National Court Administrator by email to nationalcourtadmin @ motorsportuk. org and be accompanied by the appropriate fee. In applications considered to be of sufficient urgency the National Court is entitled to proceed against an undertaking to lodge the fee.
Motorsport UK 2025 National Competition Rules Version 11
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