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A Protest other than a Technical Eligibility Protest must be brought as soon as practicable but in any event within 30 minutes of the publication of the Provisional Results of the Competition at the relevant Event.
A Technical Eligibility Protest must be brought as soon as the Protestor has any knowledge of or suspicion that the Protestee’ s Vehicle does not conform to the relevant Technical Regulations and at the latest
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Where the reason for the alleged ineligibility is apparent then the Protest must be brought within 30 minutes of the conclusion of the relevant scrutineering of the Vehicle. Where the reason for the alleged ineligibility is not apparent but the performance of the Vehicle suggests that it is ineligible or that some part or parts may have been changed since the Vehicle was first scrutineered at the Event in question then the Protest must be brought within 30 minutes of the performance giving rise to the suggested ineligibility. c.
A Protest must be brought within the Time Limits provided above but the Clerk of the Course or the Stewards if they are responsible for adjudicating the Protest has the discretion to accept a Protest submitted outside of the stated Time Limit if in their entire discretion it is considered to have been impossible or impractical to have lodged the Protest within the relevant Time Limit. The granting or refusal of such extension of time must be recorded as a Decision and is an Official Document. Refusal may be the subject of an Appeal.
2. The procedure to be followed in respect of a Technical Eligibility Protest is as follows.
2.1. The Clerk of the Course or the Stewards where applicable shall order that the vehicle or any relevant Protested component of it shall be examined by a member of the ASN Technical Commission and the Chief Scrutineer or the Chief Scrutineer and relevant Eligibility Scrutineer as soon as reasonably practicable.
2.2. Whenever possible the examination should involve a member of the ASN Technical Commission.
2.3. The examination must be in the presence of the Protestee or a representative of the Entrant where applicable but the Protestor is not entitled to be present or represented.
2.4. The Vehicle and or any component subject of the Protest may be sealed for subsequent examination at the request of the relevant Judicial Official or the Protestee or at the request of a member of the Technical Commission or the Chief Scrutineer and then the relevant Judicial Official shall require the member of the Technical Commission or the Chief Scrutineer to apply the relevant seals and Report in writing to the relevant Judicial Official identifying the location of all seals and their seal numbers.
2.5. Any sealing of Vehicle or component( s) must be undertaken in the presence of the Protestee but the Protestor is not entitled to be present or represented.
2.6. Where the Vehicle or any component of it has been sealed for subsequent examination then the Protestee may continue to compete until such time as the Protest has been adjudicated but cannot make any works or alteration to the sealed Vehicle or any sealed component( s) of it until such time as it has been examined except with the written permission of the relevant Judicial Official and under the supervision of the Chief Scrutineer.
2.7. Where a Vehicle has been sealed for subsequent examination and continues to compete then the results of the relevant Competition( s) shall remain provisional until the adjudication of the Protest is complete including any Appeals.
2.8. Where the examination of the Vehicle or any component involves any dismantling and or stripping and or mechanical work then the Protestee must undertake that work in the presence of the Scrutineers. In the case of an engine or transmission or electrical component then the Protestee may require that the work shall be undertaken by the engine or transmission builder or Vehicle electronics engineer in the presence of the Scrutineers in which case Arts. 2.3 – 2.7 above apply.
2.9. Where the examination of the Vehicle or any component involves any dismantling and or stripping and or mechanical work then the relevant Judicial Official shall request the parties to attend and to endeavour
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