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Part 5    PROTESTS, REDRESS, HEARINGS, MISCONDUCT AND APPEALS


              65        INFORMING THE PARTIES AND OTHERS

              65.1      After  making  its  decision,  the  protest  committee  shall  promptly
                        inform the parties to the hearing of the facts found, the applicable
                        rules, the decision, the reasons for it, and any penalties imposed or
                        redress given.


              65.2      A party to the hearing is entitled to receive the above information in
                        writing,  provided  she  asks  for  it  in  writing  from  the  protest
                        committee  no  later  than  seven  days  after  being  informed  of  the

                        decision.  The  committee  shall  then  promptly  provide  the
                        information,  including,  when  relevant,  a  diagram  of  the  incident
                        prepared or endorsed by the committee.


              65.3      When the protest  committee penalizes a boat  under a  class  rule, it
                        shall send the above information to the relevant class rule authorities.

              66        REOPENING A HEARING

                        The protest committee may reopen a hearing when it decides that it
                        may have made a significant error, or when significant new evidence
                        becomes available within a reasonable time. It shall reopen a hearing
                        when  required  by  the  national  authority  under  rule  71.2  or  R5.  A

                        party to the hearing may ask for a reopening no later than 24 hours
                        after being informed of the decision. On the last  scheduled day  of
                        racing the request shall be delivered

                        (a)    within  the  protest  time  limit  if  the  requesting  party  was
                               informed of the decision on the previous day;

                        (b)  no later than 30 minutes after the  party  was informed of the
                               decision on that day.

                        When a hearing is reopened, a majority of the members of the protest
                        committee  shall,  if  possible,  be  members  of  the  original  protest
                        committee.


              67        DAMAGES
                        The question of damages arising from a breach of any rule shall be
                        governed by the prescriptions, if any, of the national authority.



                        Note: There is no rule 68.







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