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Appendix H: Police Involvement and Rule 69

H Guidance on dealing with police investigations and rule 69 issues

H.1 A protest committee may be faced with the situation where an incident being
investigated is also subject to a report to the police.

H.2 The protest committee should not delay any investigation and/or hearing
merely because the police are involved. The police investigate matters under
the criminal law and a protest committee investigates matters under the
Racing Rules of Sailing.

H.3 If a protest committee has concerns about continuing to investigate a situation
(for example if the offence is unusually serious or there is heavy police
involvement), then the committee should seek the advice of the police
involved and (if time permits) the RYA Legal Department.
H.4 If the police request that a protest committee ceases its investigations, then it
should do so and report the matter promptly and in full to the RYA.

H.5 This guidance does not apply to any issues of child protection which must be
dealt with under the guidance in Appendix G.

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