7.6. Passengers are not required to occupy the front seat where suitable rear seats are available unless the Official Documents state otherwise. All Passengers in a vehicle with a soft-top or no roof must be at least 14 years of age. However in Class 8 only one Passenger is allowed who must occupy the seat alongside the Driver.
7.7. Members of the crew at the Start cannot be varied during an Event except with Official approval.
8. Observed Sections and Route
8.1. * The Official Documents including the Route Book will specify whether sub-section signs are penalty markers as per Arts. 12.2-12.4.
8.2. A Competitor will also be considered to have failed to negotiate an observed section non-stop if all four wheels are positioned outside the boundary of the course at the same time. The boundary is represented by a straight line drawn from course marker to course marker along the direction of the course, or by natural obstacles preventing such a straight line.
8.3. All markers are deemed live and those markers that are not in the sequence being negotiated by the Competitor shall be considered as indicating the section’ s boundary, unless deemed otherwise on a particular section by the Clerk of the Course. In such cases the penalty recorded shall be that of the part of the section between gates and not necessarily the value of the marker touched.
8.4. To be classified as a finisher a Competitor being the car and crew entered must have attempted at least 75 % of the total number of observed sections and arrive at the Finish under its own power within 20 minutes of the time of arrival of the preceding Vehicle.
9. Results 9.1. * The Competitor incurring the least Penalty will be the winner and so on.
Car Trials 10. Eligibility
10.1. Competing Vehicles must comply with Appendix. 4 except that in Clubman Events the Organisers may state in the Official Documents that any or all of the following Car Trials Technical Regulations have been replaced by the equivalent Classic Trials Regulations at App. 4 Arts. 5.1. a., d., e. and 8.2, 9.4, 10.1. a. and c..
11. The Crew
11.1. During all Observed Sections and tests the seat alongside the Driver must be occupied unless otherwise stated in the Official Documents.
11.2. If a Passenger is carried they must be properly seated i. e. both the Passenger and the seat back must be upright and facing forward and:
a.
b.
Where the Driver is over 17 years old and holds a full RTA Licence the Passenger must be of at least 12 years of age.
Entries may be accepted from Drivers aged 14 15 or 16 or from Drivers of 17 or over who do not hold a full RTA Licence. In such cases the Driver must be accompanied by a Passenger who holds a full RTA Licence and is experienced as a Driver of Car Trials or Sporting Trials to the satisfaction of the Clerk of the Course.
11.3. Additionally the rear seats of saloon cars can be occupied by the number of people for whom they were designed. Passengers who occupy the rear seats of the Vehicle must not be less than 2 years of age any child under 12 years of age or 135cm in height must be seated using an approved‘ child restraint’.
11.4. Passengers aged between 2 and 12 years old will be signed on by their parent or guardian. 11.5. Members of the crew at the Start cannot be varied during an Event except with Official approval.
Motorsport UK National Competition Rules 2026 Edition 1
Chapter 17 Appendix 2- Competitors Regulations 614