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APPENDIX I: POLICE INVOLVEMENT &
RULE 69
67 Guidance on dealing with police investigations and rule 69 issues
67.1 A protest committee may be faced with the situation where an incident being investigated is also
subject to a report to the police.
67.2 The protest committee should not normally delay any investigation and/or hearing merely
because the police are involved. The police investigate matters under the criminal law and a
protest committee investigated matters under the Racing Rules of Sailing.
67.3 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 national authority.
67.4 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 national authority.
67.5 This guidance does not apply to any issues of child protection which must be dealt with under the
guidance in Appendix H.
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