8.5. All Disciplinary proceedings shall be commenced by summons issued by email by the ASN(‘ the Summons’)
8.6. The Summons shall set out:
a. b. c. the relevant Regulations alleged to be breached and a brief statement of the facts relied on and the date of the Hearing and d. whether any interim suspension of Licence is invoked. 8.7. The Defendant may be represented in accordance with Art. 4.14 above.
8.8. To assist the organisation of the business of the Court the Defendant must indicate in writing their plea intention in respect of the charges of breach alleged in the Summons( admit or deny) 7 calendar days before the scheduled date of the Hearing. This must be communicated by e mail to nationalcourtadmin @ motorsportuk. org and must be simultaneously copied to legal @ motorsportuk. org.
8.9. The Defendant must in addition provide as at Art. 8.8 above no later than 7 days before the scheduled Hearing the following:
a. b. c.
Confirmation of the identity of and contact details of any representative and Copies of any witness evidence relied on( see Art. 8.10 below) and Copies of any documentary evidence to be relied on and
Part F: d. Copies of any image( moving or still) to be relied on and \ e. A skeleton argument of the Defendant’ s position.
8.10. In addition to the requirements of Art. 4.15, all witness evidence must be signed by its maker and contain a statement of truth in the following form:
‘ I confirm that the content of this statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief and understand that any untrue statement may be the subject of proceedings and penalty before the National Court’.
8.11. Upon a finding that the alleged breach is proved, the Court may impose such penalty as it sees fit pursuant to these NCR.
8.12. The Court cannot order any Competition to be re-run.
8.13. On the principle of Limitation of Actions no Disciplinary proceedings shall be brought in respect of any breach of these NCR where the alleged breach occurred more than 5 years before the date of the Summons.
8.14. Remission of Penalty. The National Court has the right to remit any unexpired term of a suspension or exclusion, as it may think fit. Requests for remission of sentence must be submitted in writing to the National Court, accompanied by a non-returnable fee as detailed in Ch. 1 App. 2. Whenever possible, the same Court which applied the original penalty will deal with the application and entirely in writing, with no right to an oral Hearing.
9. Inquiries and Investigations Part 1 – Inquiries Ordered by the ASN
9.1. The ASN may in its entire discretion order an Inquiry into any matter arising under or by virtue of these NCR. Such Inquiry shall be ordered no later than 60 days from the issue coming to the attention of the ASN.
9.2. Where such an Order has been made it shall be referred as soon as practicable to the National Court Administration and shall be referred to a Chair designated by the independent National Court Administrator.
Motorsport UK National Competition Rules 2026 Edition 2
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