SECTION D APPEALS

70 APPEALS; CONFIRMATION OR CORRECTION OF DECISIONS; RULE INTERPRETATIONS

70.1 Provided that the right of appeal has not been denied under rule 70.4, a party to a hearing may appeal a protest committee’s decision or its procedures, but not the facts found, to the national authority of the venue.

La FIV prescrive : per i campionati italiani e le altre manifestazioni organizzate dalla F.I.V. a norma della regola 88.1(b) gli appelli dovranno essere inviati alla Giuria d’Appello Nazionale, anche se eventuali regole di classe possano prescrivere diversamente .

70.2 A protest committee may request confirmation or correction of its decision.

70.3 A club or other organization affiliated to a national authority may request an interpretation of the rules, provided that no protest or request for redress that may be appealed is involved. The interpretation shall not be used for changing a previous protest committee decision.

70.4 There shall be no appeal from the decisions of an international jury constituted in compliance with Appendix N. Furthermore, if the notice of race and the sailing instructions so state, the right of appeal may be denied provided that

(a) it is essential to determine promptly the result of a race that will qualify a boat to compete in a later stage of an event or a subsequent event (a national authority may prescribe that its approval is required for such a procedure);

(b) a national authority so approves for a particular event open only to entrants under its own jurisdiction; or

(c) a national authority after consultation with the ISAF so approves for a particular event, provided the protest committee is constituted as required by Appendix N, except that only two members of the protest committee need be International Judges.

70.5 Appeals and requests shall conform to Appendix F.