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CHAPTER 13 - PENALTIES
13.1 UNSPORTING BEHAVIOUR
SG 5.2.2.3
13.2 UNSPECIFIED PENALTIES
13.3 DISTANCE INFRINGEMENTS
13.4 PENALTY POINTS
13.5 PROOF OF RULES VIOLATION
S 1 An 3.8.9
13.1 UNSPORTING BEHAVIOUR SG 5.2.2.3
CHEATING OR UNSPORTING BEHAVIOUR, INCLUDING DELIBERATE ATTEMPTS TO DECEIVE OR MISLEAD OFFICIALS, WILFUL INTERFERENCE WITH OTHER COMPETITORS, FALSIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS, USE OF FORBIDDEN EQUIPMENT OR PROHIBITED DRUGS, OR REPEATED SERIOUS INFRINGMENTS OF RULES SHOULD, AS A GUIDE, RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION FROM THE EVENT.
13.2.1 A competitor infringing any rule for which the penalty is not
specified may have a penalty (distance, angle or time) applied to his
result or a deduction of points.
13.2.2 Where safety is not an issue, and no competitive advantage has
been gained he will normally receive a warning in the first instance.
13.2.3 A competitor may not be penalized under this rule if he has already
been penalized under the same rule in a previous task, but has not been
informed of the fact before the beginning of the task in question, except
for follow-on tasks in the same flight.
13.3.1 Where the individual launch point, a goal selected by a competitor,
a mark, or a final landing infringes a distance limit, the competitor
will be penalized.
13.3.2 In the case of a launch point infringes a natural set boundary,
the infringement is the distance to the closest correct point.
13.3.3 Where the penalty relates to landing too close to a goal, target
or mark the competitor will only be penalised for the greater infringement.
The penalty will be waived if the competitor can show that he was unable
to comply within 10 minutes because of light wind.
13.3.4 The penalty will be in case of :
- a an Elbow task an increase or an Angle task a decrease of the competitors
achieved angle with :
2 x ARCSIN (INFRINGEMENT/DISTANCE LIMIT)
- b a Race to an Area or Land Run task :
1 task penalty point per meter infringement.
- c all other tasks : an increase of the competitors result by twice the
amount of the infringement.
13.4.1 There are two kinds of penalty points : task points and competition
points.
13.4.2 Task point penalties are subtracted from a competitor's task score,
which cannot be reduced below zero. Competition point penalties are also
subtracted from a competitor's task score and may result in a negative
result, which will be set against his total score in the Event.
13.5 PROOF OF RULES VIOLATION S 1 An3, 8.9
THE PRODUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION OF EVIDENCE FOR ANY ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT BY A COMPETITOR ALWAYS RESTS ENTIRELY WITH THE EVENT OFFICIALS. RULES SHALL NOT BE WRITTEN IN ORDER TO OBLIGE THE COMPETITOR TO PROVE HIS COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES OR HIS INNOCENCE IN CASE OF ALLEGED INFRINGEMENT.