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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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