They will be penalised in accordance with App. 11 Chart 3. a or 4. a for every Control missed. If they rejoin the route at a control at the end of Standard Section they will be permitted to restart without further Penalty at any time between their original Scheduled Time and their Maximum Permitted Lateness in relation to their original Scheduled Time. If rejoining Control at the end of a Neutral Section they will only be permitted to restart without further Penalty at their official Corrected Time based on the time of arrival at the last Control at which they reported.
6.11. If the need arises for an Organiser to extend Maximum Permitted Lateness this can only be done at a point on the route at which Competitors are required to report to avoid Disqualification.
6.12. Maximum Permitted Lateness can then only be extended for the following part of the route and cannot be applied retrospectively for earlier sections.
6.13. These provisions are subject to Standard Condition 4 of the Motor Vehicles( Competitions and Trials) Regulations where they apply.
6.14. No Penalty free lateness or official delay allowance which has been either reduced or foregone as permitted by Arts. 6.10 and 6.11 above can be reclaimed.
6.15. This does not exclude fresh claims based on new circumstances.
6.16. A Competitor found to have traversed a distance greater than four miles between two consecutive time Controls in less than three-quarters of the time specified by the official time schedule will be penalised in accordance with Art. 6.10 above unless competing on a Special Stage. In calculating such a penalty any fraction of a minute will be ignored. Thus:
a.
In a nine minute section a penalty is imposed if a Competitor completes the section in less than six minutes.
b. In a 10 minute section – seven minutes. c. In an 11 minute section – eight minutes. d. In a 12 minute section – nine minutes.
6.17. Any timing to less than one minute will be recorded on equipment as detailed in the Timekeeping Regulations at App. 2 Art. 8.
6.18. Competitors will be timed by the official timepieces in the charge of Officials unless the Official Documents state that watches carried by the Competitors can be used.
6.19. * If Competitor’ s own watches are used they must be of a size and type to enable the dial to be read and must be sealed.
6.20. The requirements for sealing watches must be stated in the Official Documents.
6.21. The promoters may reject any watch which cannot be satisfactorily sealed or read. If any sealed watch varies from official time by more than one minute the Competitor concerned will be timed by official clocks from then unless the Official Documents make provision for the replacement or re-setting of the watch concerned.
7. Controls – All Events using the Public Highway and Hill Rallies
7.1. Controls, checks and test sites must open 30 minutes before the due time of arrival of the first Vehicle and close 30 minutes after the due time of arrival of the last Vehicle unless the Official Documents specify otherwise.
7.2. The time of arrival at or departure from a Control other than intermediate and final controls of Regularity Sections( where Arts. 6.10 and 6.11 apply) will be the time at which the Road Book or Time Card is presented by the Competitor concerned providing all Crew members and the Vehicle are within the Control area.
7.3. Exceptions to this are:
Motorsport UK National Competition Rules 2026 Edition 1
Chapter 20 Appendix 7- Competitors Regulations- All Events using the Highway and Hill Rallies
739