CHAPTER 20 CROSS COUNTRY Appendix 3- Organisers Regulations- Definitions of Event Sections using the Highway
The following definitions and restrictions are common in all categories of Cross Country Event.
1. Standard Sections 1.1. If timed to the second Standard Sections should not:
a.
Pass through any area with over 20 occupied dwellings within a 300m radius of the route unless with written agreement from all the householders and ASN permission.
b. Start before 23.59 or finish more than one hour after sunrise. c.
d.
Include any point where Competitors are required to observe special restrictions on their driving behaviour except for observing signs warning of natural hazards( which may be erected by Organisers).‘ Quiet Zones’ or other restrictions are specifically forbidden.
Join or cross any A-class road except where there is a manned control at which Competitors must stop.
e. Start on or use an A-class road continuously for more than 200m.
1.2. When timed to less than one minute Competitors must not use any private property other than footpaths and bridleways for which approval has been granted.
1.3. Organisers must not:
a.
b. c.
Offer any award for Competitors who equal or improve upon the time schedules for individual Sections nor have any awards for the fastest times or least penalties on any Sections
Operate a Flying Finish time control Include any road with a 30 or 40mph limit without the express permission of the RLO
2. Neutral Sections
d. Require Competitors to average in excess of 30mph.
2.1. Neutral Sections are used to take Competitors through PR-sensitive or densely populated areas and must comply with Art. 1.3 above.
2.2. Neutral Sections be completed by Competitors without the use of auxiliary lighting except as legally required in fog or falling snow. Organisers must remind Competitors of this requirement in the Official Documents.
2.3. Neutral Sections should not:
a. Be timed to less than one minute. b. Allow Competitors to make up time on the public road. c. Have any lateness penalty applied except maximum lateness. d. Have an average speed of more than 20mph except on M A or B class roads.
3. Regularity Sections
3.1. Competitors must be informed in advance of the locations of the Start and Finish of any Regularity Sections.
3.2. Each Section must contain at least one Intermediate Time Control the location of which must not be given to Competitors in advance.
3.3. Competitors must however be advised in writing before entering such a Section whether they are required to stop at Intermediate Time Controls which must be identified by a Control Board.
Motorsport UK National Competition Rules 2026 Edition 1
Chapter 20 Appendix 3- Organisers Regulations- Definitions of Event Sections using the Highway
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