F5-63
CONDUCT OF HEARINGS
F5-63.5: Decisions
Rule 63.5(d) is changed to:
- (d) When the protest committee is in doubt about any matter concerning the measurement of a kiteboard, the interpretation of a class rule, or a matter involving damage to a kiteboard, it shall refer its questions, together with the relevant facts, to an authority responsible for interpreting the rule. In making its decision, the committee shall be bound by the reply of the authority.
F5-63.8: Hearing Procedure for an Elimination Series
Add new rule 63.8:
For a race of an elimination series that will qualify a kiteboard to compete in a later stage of an event:
- (a) Rules 60.3(a) and (b), 61.2(a), 63.6(b) are deleted.
- (b) Rule 63.4 is changed to:
Protests and requests for redress need not be in writing; they shall be made orally to a member of the protest committee as soon as reasonably possible following the race. The protest committee may take evidence in any way it considers appropriate and may communicate its decision orally.