CHAPTER 2 JUDICIAL Appendix 8- Breaches of Technical Regulations
1. Breaches of Technical Regulations fall into 4 categories and all are treated identically under this Appendix. The categories are:
a. Technical Regulations under Chapter 9 for Competitor Personal Safety Equipment‘ PSE’ b.
Technical Regulations under Chapter 7 – Vehicles and Vehicle Safety Equipment – and Chapter 8 – Permitted fuels and Tyres and Testing
c. Technical Regulations provided by any specific sporting Regulations in the Chapter 12- 21 d.
Technical Regulations mandated in Official Documents- Championship / Series or Supplementary Regulations including any Class Regulations.
Guidelines Penalties for such breaches are detailed in Art. 2.8.
1.1. Breach of a Technical Regulation as determined by Judicial Eligibility Decision renders PSE or the Vehicle or any component ineligible to take part in the relevant Competition.
1.2. Subject to Art. 1.5 below the Eligibility Decision is made by the Clerk of the Course( or by the Championship Stewards where the Clerk of the Course has no Championship function) or the Stewards of the Event where they have jurisdiction over the matter(‘ the relevant Judicial body’).
1.3. The Eligibility Decision can only be made following:
a. a Judicial Hearing arising from a Non-Compliance Report made by the Technical Official( s) appointed by the relevant Organiser of the Competition( or by the ASN) or b. a valid Protest from a Competitor( App. 11) and consequential Non-Compliance Report made by a Technical Official( s) appointed for the purposes of the Protest.
1.4. A Non-Compliance Report must be provided to the Judicial body signed by the relevant Technical Official( s). The Report must specify the alleged breach. Where available the Report should be supported by relevant supporting documentation It is not necessary but is preferable for the Non-Compliance Report to be counter-signed by the relevant Competitor to merely acknowledge receipt of a copy; that signature shall not be construed as an admission of non-compliance but a refusal to sign shall be recorded.
1.5. Exceptionally a Vehicle may be declared by the ASN to be in breach of Technical and or Safety Regulations and shall thereby be Suspended under App. 2 Art. 7.8 to this Chapter. This Suspension shall be on an interim basis and the matter shall be referred to the National Court in accordance with App. 1 Art. 1.15 and the Judicial Practice Direction at App. 7.
1.6. Organisers of Competitions( or the ASN) shall appoint Technical Officials of the grade( s) appropriate to the Competition and all those so appointed have authority to examine PSE and Vehicles and components for the purposes of Competition eligibility and conformity with the relevant Regulations.
1.7. Where a Technical Official finds a breach of Regulations the matter shall be reported to the relevant Judicial body by Non-Compliance Report UNLESS that Technical Official is satisfied that the breach can be rectified and the Vehicle or item can be re-presented in conformity prior to the commencement of the Competition. This action shall however be noted on the Event Technical Report and shall be recorded in any Vehicle Technical Passport. This Art. 1.7 shall be read subject to any specific Championship provisions in the case of Vehicles and Competitions subject to HTP Regulations where corrective action may be deferred to a specified future date or Event.
1.8. Where a Non-Compliance Report is signed by two( 2) members of ASN( or FIA) Technical Commission OR by one( 1) member of the Technical Commission and the Event Chief Scrutineer it shall be considered a Judgement of Fact and is an Official Document.
1.9. The relevant Judicial body must then conduct a Judicial Hearing respecting App. 3 to this Chapter and consider if there is any‘ exceptional reason’ why a penalty of Disqualification should not be imposed. To
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