2. Duties and Responsibilities of the Clerk of the Course 2.1. In addition to the duties detailed in Ch. 5 Part A App. 5 the Clerk of the Course should ensure:
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The Organisation and Regulations for the Event meet the requirements of the relevant Statutory Instruments.
Reasonable precautions are taken in the selection of route time of day control of spectators etc to avoid inconvenience to the general public.
Where the farming community may be affected details of the Event are sent to the County Secretary of the local National Farmers’ Union and any other relevant National bodies.
The appointed CAO Route Liaison Officer for each of the Counties and National Parks through which the route passes is consulted about the draft route at least three months before the Event and before submission to the CAO particularly where special Public Relations work is required in sensitive areas. The Route Liaison Officer may:
i. Ask to see all paperwork relating to the Event including PR sheets. ii.
Request the CAO to suspend Authorisation or the ASN to suspend the Permit until satisfied with the route and the effectiveness of the PR work. iii. Require the Clerk of the Course to order re-routes to avoid areas of particular concern. e.
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Exercise discretionary judgement on where competitive sections may be run and their length and withhold agreement to the route if not satisfied with any aspect of the organisational standards or route planning.
Private property whether on the Event route or a link section is not to be used without written permission from the landowner or authorised agent.
Wherever possible the route should be checked for possible damage immediately before and after an Event.
When the ASN medical and safety radio frequency( 81.575Mhz FM and 81.5375Mhz FM) is to be used it must be operated in accordance with Ofcom and ASN licensing requirements available on request from the ASN.
3. Time Schedule
3.1. Competitors on a Public Highway must be controlled by a predetermined speed schedule unless they are allowed to complete the Event in their own time.
3.2. The Event time schedule must not lead Drivers to exceed any statutory speed limits or involve speeds which might be considered dangerous or unreasonable in the light of prevailing traffic conditions and the nature of the route.
3.3. No time or speed schedule should be imposed which requires or encourages Competitors using a road open to the public to achieve an average speed between any two points which exceeds the following limits:
a. b.
30 mph for all roads other than motorways
60 mph for motorways c. 25 mph for vehicles subject to a speed limit( such as vans) d. 20 mph for neutral sections( except on M A or B class roads).
3.4. There must be no bonus for exceeding the specified average. Competitors must be given in advance all the information necessary to enable them to calculate the speed which they are being asked to average.
3.5. For those portions of the route being navigated by map references the direction of approach to controls should be specified and penalties imposed for approaching from any other direction whenever the country being traversed makes this possible without destroying the need for competitive skill.
3.6. The use of gated roads should be avoided if possible.
Motorsport UK National Competition Rules 2026 Edition 1
Chapter 20 Appendix 2- Organisers Regulations – All Events using the Highway
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