2016 MSA General Competition Rules

2016 HANDBOOK GENERAL COMPETITION RULES, CI RCU IT R ACIN G S SR ’S APPENDIX H, APPENDIX L & APPENDICES MOTORSPORT - SOUTH AFRICA GENERAL COMPETITION RULES (GCR’s), CIRCUIT RACING SSR’S, AND APPENDICES W R 11 Nov. 15 (COPYRIGHT RESERVED) The contents of this Hand Book take effect from 1st January 2016 www.motorsport.co.za National Number: 0861 MSA MSA / 0861 672 672 email:- [email protected] Please consult our website for category regulations, as well as any updates or changes made throughout the year. P.O. Box 6677 WELTEVREDEN 1715 C 1 CONTENTS Page MSA FIA/FIM/CIK Delegates, Board, Commissions etc……………………………………………… 3 GENERAL COMPETITION RULES (GCR’s) PART I Interpretation………………………………………………………………………………. 4 PART II Administration of Rules …………………………………………………………………… 10 PART III Rights to Organise, Permissions, Approvals, Permits …………………………………... 11 PART IV Documents, Declarations, Supplementary .Regulations & Entries………………… 14 PART V Entrants, Competitors/Drivers - Responsibilities, Medical Certificates, Licences…. 21 PART VI Powers & Responsibilities: Promoters/Organisers…………………………………. 28 PART VII Officials…………………………………………………………………………………….. 31 PART VIII Penalties …………………………………………………………………………………… 46 PART IX Protests…………………………………………………………………………………….. 52 PART X Appeals and Enquiries ……………………………………………………………………. 56 PART XI Applicable to MSA - Sanctioned Events ………………………………………………. 62 PART XII Circuit Racing SSR’s ……………………………………………………………………. 80 APPENDIX “H” - Flags ………………………………………………………………………………... 103 APPENDIX “L” – Medical Code ……………………………………………………………………….107 ALL OTHER APPENDICES & ANNEXURES (PUBLISHED ON MSA WEBSITE) APPENDIX “A” – Homologation APPENDIX “D” - Courses, Road, Tracks and Records ANNEXURE “AD” - MSA Anti-Doping Code ANNEXURE “I” - Personal Accident Insurance APPENDIX “R” - Fees ENVIRONMENTAL CODE WORLD CHAMPIONS S.A. MOTORSPORT CHAMPIONS S.A. SPRINGBOK COLOUR AWARDS NATIONAL COLOURS CRITERIA/NATIONAL COLOUR AWARDS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS MSA SPECIAL AWARDS MSA SPECIAL/LIFETIME AWARDS CRITERIA 2 MSA COMMITTEES MSA COMMITTEES F.I.A (SPORT) – FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE L’AUTOMOBILE MSA Titular Member: Adrian Scholtz F.I.M – FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE MOTOCYCLISME MSA Titular Member: Adrian Scholtz C.I.K – COMMISSION INTERNATIONALE DE KARTING MSA Titular Member: Adrian Scholtz MSA HONORARY PRESIDENTS Trevor Kilburn & Mrs Beaulah Schoeman MSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman: Adv. George T Avvakoumides Adrian Scholtz - Chief Executive Officer Anthony Taylor (Financial Director) Nadia Singh Mark du Toit Michael Rowe Johan Fourie Desmond Easom Peter du Toit Glyn Hall Tschops Sipuka MSA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE (ManCom) Chairman: Adrian Scholtz Chief Executive Officer Ms Jacqui Monteiro Operations Manager Wayne Riddell Sporting Services Manager MSA NATIONAL COURT OF APPEAL Senior Counsel: Justice Dirk Marais Adv. Andre Bezuidenhout Adv. Pierre De Waal Adv. Paul Carstensen Adv. Andre Bezuidenhout Attorneys: Jannie Geyser Steve Harding Willie Venter Sporting Members: Arnold Chatz Mike Clingman Richard Schilling COMMISSION S, PANELS AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES To be published on MSA Website. 3 INTERPRETATION –GCR’s INTERPRETATION –GCR’s PART I GENERAL COMPETITION RULES (GCR’s) (COPYRIGHT RESERVED) INTRODUCTION Vertical bars in right hand margin indicate amendments to previous wording CONTROL OF MOTORSPORT MSA holds the sporting authority to govern motorsport as conferred or delegated by the FIA, CIK and FIM and any other international or national sporting bodies, Associations and Federations, which shall mean it holds the exclusive right to take all decisions concerning the organising, direction and management of motorsport in South Africa. MSA refrains from manifesting racial, political, gender or religious discrimination in the course of its activities and requires the same of its member bodies, officials and competitors. MSA being a member of SASCOC accepts the code of conduct, objects and jurisdiction as prescribed in the constitutions of this body, or their successors in title. DELEGATION OF POWER With the permission of the FIA, FIM and CIK, MSA has the right to delegate the whole or part of its sporting powers to another or several other clubs. MSA may withdraw such delegation at its discretion. That the powers granted to it may be exercised in a fair and equitable manner, MSA has drawn up these rules, known as the "General Competition Rules", hereafter referred to as the GCR’s, which generally conform to the Codes of the FIA, CIK and FIM. SO THAT THE ABOVE POWERS MAY BE EXERCISED IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE MANNER MSA HAS DRAWN UP THE PRESENT GCR’S AND SSR’S. THE PURPOSE OF THESE GCR’S AND SSR’S AND THEIR APPENDICES IS TO ENCOURAGE AND FACILITATE MOTOR SPORT IN SOUTH AFRICA. THEY WILL NEVER BE ENFORCED SO AS TO PREVENT OR IMPEDE A COMPETITION OR THE PARTICIPATION OF A COMPETITOR, SAVE WHERE MSA CONCLUDES THAT THIS IS NECESSARY FOR THE SAFE, FAIR, OR ORDERLY CONDUCT OF MOTOR SPORT IN SOUTH AFRICA. INTERPRETATION IN THESE RULES, UNLESS INCONSISTENT WITH OR OTHERWISE INDICATED BY THE CONTEXT: GCR 1. "GCR’s" (General Competition Rules) means the rules as contained herein together with all Appendices. 2. RESERVED. 3. "MSA" means Motorsport South Africa. 4. RESERVED. 5. "MEC" means the Motorsport Executive Council of MSA. 4 INTERPRETATION –GCR’s INTERPRETATION –GCR’s 6. "ASN" (Autorité Sportive Nationale) means a National Sporting Authority or other national body recognised by the FIA as sole holder of sporting power in a country. 7. "FMN" (Fédération Motocycliste Nationale) means a National Motorcycle Federation or other national body recognised by the FIM as the sole holder of sporting power in the country. 8. "FIA" means the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, which is the sole international authority entitled to make and enforce regulations for the encouragement and control of automobile competitions and records through the FIA World Motorsport Council. 9. "FIM" means the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, which is the supreme and sole international authority empowered to control international motorcycling activities organised throughout the world. 10. "CIK" (Commission Internationale de Karting) means a specialised commission of the FIA responsible for the autonomous organisational details, running and administration of, inter alia, international karting competitions. 11. "CSI" (Code Sportive Internationale) means the International Sporting Code (including appendices) of the FIA and FIM respectively. 12. i) "SASCOC" means the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee. ii) "WADA" means the World Anti-Doping Agency. iii) "SAIDS" means the South African Institute for Drug Free Sport. iv) “SRSA” means Sport and Recreation South Africa 13. "THE TERRITORY OF MSA" means the Republic of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. 14. "SSRs" means the Standing Supplementary Regulations issued by MSA. 15. "ORGANISING PERMIT" means written authority to organise and hold a competition, granted and issued by MSA. 16. "SRs" means Supplementary Regulations that a promoter or organiser of a competition is obliged to issue. 17. "OFFICIAL NOTICE/S" means a notice attached to an official notice board signed by a Clerk of the Course and/or Steward and which, inter alia, contains details of the date on which such notice was signed, the time at which such notice was signed, and the date and time at which such notice was attached to an official notice board. At circuits, the official notice board must have a lockable glass front. 18. "PROGRAMME" means an official document that an organiser and/or promoter is obliged to issue prior to a competition, which contains, inter alia, details listed in GCR 90. 19. "COMPETITOR" means any person or body whose entry is accepted for, or who competes in any competition, whether as an entrant, driver, co-driver, navigator, passenger or rider, provided that, where any person so involved is a minor, the natural parent or guardian of such minor will be deemed to be the competitor for purposes of the GCR’s. (Refer to GCR 127 - Indemnity Form) 20. "LICENCE" means the written authority given by MSA to: i) any competitor to participate in, or to take part in, in any capacity whatsoever, in any competition, and ii) any official to officiate in any capacity whatsoever, in any competition. 5 INTERPRETATION –GCR’s INTERPRETATION –GCR’s 21. "DRIVER/RIDER" means any person who drives/rides any vehicle/machine in competition and who is in possession of a licence. References to drivers include riders (where applicable) and vice versa. 22. "ENTRANT" means any person, persons or body who enters a vehicle in a competition and who is in possession of a licence. 23. "PASSENGER" means a person or persons, other than a driver, co-driver or navigator, conveyed in a vehicle during a competition. 24. "NATIONALITY" means the nationality of a competitor, who, for the purpose of these rules, shall be deemed to be a national of the country of the ASN or FMN, which issued his licence. In the event however, of a competitor participating in a world championship event organised under the auspices of the FIA, CIK and FIM a competitor shall in these circumstances be deemed to be a national of the country who issued his passport and/or travel document. 25. "SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL" means the holder of a South African Passport. 26. "CORPORATE MEMBER" means anyb ody recognised by and affiliated to MSA as a club or association, associate member, company and/or closed corporation, and registered as such. 27. "REGISTERED MEMBER

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