9.3. The designated Chair may give Directions leading to the Hearing. 9.4. The Hearing shall be referred to as an Inquiry.
9.5. It shall be the responsibility of the ASN Legal Department to arrange for the delivery of all material evidence to the National Court Administration, such evidence respecting the several provisions of this PD. This material shall be the Inquiry Bundle.
9.6. Any witnesses in person shall be requested to attend by or on behalf of the ASN.
9.7. The National Court Administration shall effect delivery of the Inquiry Bundle to all parties requested to appear.
9.8. At the Inquiry the Evidence shall be led by ASN but subject to any Direction of the Court in respect of its proceedings and procedure.
Part 2 – Inquiries Ordered by the Court
9.9. Exceptionally the National Court may consider an application by a party other than the ASN for the National Court to hold an Investigatory Hearing into an issue which the ASN has not itself referred to the National Court. If the National Court is fully satisfied that it would have been reasonable for such a referral to have been made then the National Court may, of its own volition, instigate an Investigatory Hearing.
9.10. Any such application may only be submitted by one or more of the parties directly involved in the issue and must be made promptly and in any Event within three months from the date when the issue was first brought to the attention of the ASN or if later within 14 days of written notification to the parties that the issue would not be referred by the ASN to the National Court.
9.11. Applications must be submitted in writing to the National Court Administrator by email to nationalcourtadmin @ motorsportuk. org and be accompanied by the appropriate fee. In applications considered to be of sufficient urgency the National Court is entitled to proceed against an undertaking to lodge the fee.
9.12. The application must be in the form required under this PD at Art. 4.15 and set out in full the grounds for requesting the National Court itself to instigate an Investigatory Hearing and should be supported by any relevant documentary or other evidence.
9.13. If so directed by the National Court the parties to the Application shall furnish to the National Court for transmission to the other parties all documentation then and at any time in the possession of the parties relating to the specific Event out of which the issue is stated to have arisen and if necessary the National Court may amend any relevant time-limit or timetable until this requirement has been complied with.
9.14. Correctly lodged applications will be considered by the National Court acting by a panel of three of the nominated Chairs. Any application considered by the National Court shall be deemed correctly lodged.
9.15. The ASN will be asked by the National Court to set out the process that has been followed in dealing with the issue in question and the reasons for the non-referral to the National Court by the ASN. This will be disclosed to the Applicant except in exceptional circumstances as determined exclusively by the National Court.
9.16. The National Court will consider the application by way of written submissions but the National Court has the authority to call an oral Hearing should it consider it appropriate to do so and the parties( including the ASN) may be represented at such a Hearing in accordance with the relevant provisions of this PD. Written submissions shall be exchanged and disclosed. The National Court may facilitate additional submissions as it sees fit.
9.17. Applications will only proceed to an Investigatory Hearing of the National Court( and the Application Fee returned) where the National Court is fully satisfied that any reasonable tribunal properly advised would have considered it appropriate to refer the issue to the National Court and that the holding of an investigatory Hearing would clearly be in the best interests of the sport.
Motorsport UK National Competition Rules 2026 Edition 2
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