Part 5
PROTESTS, REDRESS, HEARINGS, MISCONDUCT AND APPEALS
70.3
An appeal under rule 70.1 or a request by a protest committee under rule 70.2 shall be sent to the national authority with which the organizing authority is associated under rule 89.1. However, if boats will pass through the waters of more than one national authority while racing, the sailing instructions shall identify the national authority to which appeals or requests are required to be sent. 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. 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); a national authority so approves for a particular event open only to entrants under its own jurisdiction; or 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.
70.4
70.5
(b) (c)
70.6 71 71.1
Appeals and requests shall conform to Appendix R. NATIONAL AUTHORITY DECISIONS No interested party or member of the protest committee shall take any part in the discussion or decision on an appeal or a request for confirmation or correction. The national authority may uphold, change or reverse the protest committee’s decision; declare the protest or request for redress invalid; or return the protest or request for the hearing to be reopened, or for a new hearing and decision by the same or a
71.2
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