Last Updated: August 2018
PART XII – Calendar
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126.
General:
(1)
Any Member Club which intends to organise any International Status Series, Meetings and Events which by virtue of the International Sporting Code must be inscribed on the FIA calendar, must in such form as MotorSport NZ may prescribe from time to time, notify MotorSport NZ at the earliest instance of its intention to organise such Series, Meeting or Event, but in any case, by no later than twelve(12) calendar months, or by such other time as determined by MotorSport NZ, prior to the commencement of that Series, Meeting or Event. MotorSport NZ shall in Appendix One of this Code, from time to time prescribe the fee to accompany all such notifications which fee shall be paid by the Member Club at the time of lodging its notification.
(2)
MotorSport NZ shall in Appendix One, prescribe from time to time the deadline by which Member Clubs shall enter Meetings and Events on the National Sporting Calendar, the procedures to be followed, and any fees to be paid.
(3)
MotorSport NZ shall in Appendix One, prescribe from time to time the grounds upon which Event dates on the National Sporting Calendar may be disputed by Member Clubs, to whom disputes may be referred, the procedures to be followed, and any fees to be paid.
127.
Entry on National Sporting Calendar: No Member Club may request MotorSport NZ, or act or threaten to act in any way so as to influence MotorSport NZ in the exercise of its power to issue or decline to issue a Permit (which power shall be exercised exclusively upon the grounds set out in Article 12 of this Code to the exclusion of any other grounds).
128.
Penalty Fee for Cancellation: Any Series, Meeting or Event cancelled by the Member Club for any reason, except in the case of force majeure, may have a cancellation fee applied by MotorSport NZ in accordance with the prescriptions of Appendix One of this Code.
129.
Respect of the International Sporting Calendar: Entrants and Competitors may only enter Events outside New Zealand if those Events are either;
(1)
Entered on the International Sporting Calendar and otherwise comply with MotorSport NZ’s requirements in force from time to time as to the types of competition licences and visas required; or
(2)
Entered on the Motorsport Australia National Sporting Calendar and otherwise comply with MotorSport NZ’s requirements in force from time to time as to the types of competition licences and Tasman Visas required.