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Part 5 PROTESTS, REDRESS, HEARINGS, MISCONDUCT AND APPEALS
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impose a penalty by excluding the competitor and, when
appropriate, disqualifying a boat, from a race or the remaining
races or all races of the series, or by taking other action
within its jurisdiction. A disqualification under this rule
shall not be excluded from the boat’s series score.
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The protest committee shall promptly report a penalty, but not a warning,
to the national authorities of the venue, of the competitor and of the boat
owner.
- If t he competitor has left the venue and cannot be notified or fails to attend
the hearing, the protest committee shall collect all available evidence and,
when the allegation seems justified, make a report to the relevant national
authorities.
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When the protest committee has left the event and a report alleging
misconduct is received, the race committee or organizing authority may
appoint a new protest committee to proceed under this rule.
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69.2
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When a national authority receives a report required by rule
69.1(c) or 69.1(d), a report alleging a gross breach of a rule,
good manners or sportsmanship, or a report alleging conduct
that has brought the sport into disrepute, it may conduct an
investigation and, when appropriate, shall conduct a hearing. It
may then take any disciplinary action within its jurisdiction it
considers appropriate against the competitor or boat, or other
person involved, including suspending eligibility, permanently
or for a specified period of time, to compete in any event held
within its jurisdiction, and suspending ISAF eligibility under
ISAF Regulation 19.
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The national authority of a competitor shall also suspend the
ISAF eligibility of the competitor as required in ISAF Regulation
19.
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The national authority shall promptly report a suspension of
eligibility under rule 69.2(a) to the ISAF, and to the national
authorities of the person or the owner of the boat suspended if
they are not members of the suspending national authority.
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