| Part A | Administration | |||||||||||||
| 01.00.00 | General | |||||||||||||
| 01.01.00 | Language | |||||||||||||
| 01.01.01 | The official language of the Class is English and in case of dispute over translation the English text shall prevail. | |||||||||||||
| 01.01.02 | The word "shall" is mandatory and the word "may" is permissive. | |||||||||||||
| 01.02.00 | Abbreviations | |||||||||||||
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| 01.03.00 | Authorities | |||||||||||||
| 01.03.01 | The international authority of the Class is the ISAF which shall co-operate with the IMCCA in all matters concerning these Class Rules. | |||||||||||||
| 01.03.02 | The Certification Authority is the IMCCA
which may delegate part or all of its functions to NMCA’s. The IMCCA has the right to withdraw a Certificate issued by a NMCA. |
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| 01.04.00 | Administration of the Class | |||||||||||||
| 01.04.01 | ISAF has delegated its administrative functions of the class to MNA’s. The MNA may delegate part or all of its functions, as stated in these Class Rules, to a NMCA. | |||||||||||||
| 01.04.02 | In countries where there is no MNA, or the MNA does not wish to administrate the class, its administrative functions as stated in these Class Rules shall be carried out by the IMCCA which may delegate the administration to a NMCA. | |||||||||||||
| 01.05.00 | ISAF Rules | |||||||||||||
| 01.05.01 | These Class Rules shall be read in conjunction with the ERS. | |||||||||||||
| 01.05.02 | Except where used in headings, when a term is printed in "bold" the definition in the ERS applies and when a term is printed in "bold italics" the definition in the RRS applies. | |||||||||||||
| 01.06.00 | Amendments to Class Rules | |||||||||||||
| 01.06.01 | The Class Rules are submitted to a
four−yearly revision, with effect on January 1st, 2006. The
present edition which include all amendments since 1977, cancel those preceding. They
shall be applicable as from April 16th, 2006. Exceptionally, the next edition will be published in 2009. |
The present revision of the edition shall be applicable as from April 16th, 2008 | ||||||||||||
| 01.06.02 | Only in exceptional cases, rules shall only be amended in this four-year period, under the form of an interpretation (see 01.07.00) or a Test Rule (see 01.06.03). | |||||||||||||
| 01.06.03 | Test Rules New Class Rules may be tested for a defined period. They are published in Appendix 4 of the Class Rules. NMCA’s may refuse application of the Test Rules for national events. NMCA’s shall require approval of the IMCCA to refuse application of the Test Rules in international events. |
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| 01.07.00 | Interpretations of Class Rules | |||||||||||||
| 01.07.01 | At any time the International Committee of the International Micro Cupper Class Association shall be responsible for the interpretation of any part of these rules and it reserves the right to rule on any new eventuality that might arise. | |||||||||||||
| 01.07.02 | Interpretations are valid for no more than four years and should be withdrawn or included in the Class Rules at their next revision. | |||||||||||||
| 01.07.03 | A list of interpretations of these rules is published by IMCCA. | |||||||||||||
| 01.08.00 | (Reserved for future use) | |||||||||||||
| 01.09.00 | Identification on sails | |||||||||||||
| 01.09.01 | Sail Numbers shall be issued by the MNA. The MNA may delegate issuing of Sail Numbers to the NMCA. | |||||||||||||
| 01.09.02 | Sail numbers may be part of a list of a national handicap system. | |||||||||||||
| 01.09.03 | A sail number is issued for a Hull and shall not be re-used for subsequent Boats. | |||||||||||||
| 01.10.00 | Certification of Boats | |||||||||||||
| 01.10.01 | A Measurement Certificate shall be issued by a national measurer appointed by the IMCCA or a NMCA, using the template file published by the IMCCA. This document is shown in Appendix 5. | |||||||||||||
| 01.10.02 | The Measurement Certificate shall record the following information: | |||||||||||||
| a. | Division | |||||||||||||
| b. | Certification Authority | |||||||||||||
| c. | Sail Number issued by the MNA or its delegate authority | |||||||||||||
| d. | Boat Name | |||||||||||||
| e. | Owner | |||||||||||||
| f. | Hull identification, including Boat type, Serial Number if any, previous known Sail Number(s). | |||||||||||||
| g. | Builder / Manufacturer details | |||||||||||||
| h. | Date of issue of the Certificate | |||||||||||||
| i. | All measurements related to measurement rules, and according sketches where needed. | |||||||||||||
| 01.10.03 | A simplified procedure may be applied for production Boats under the terms of Appendix 1. | |||||||||||||
| 01.10.04 | A Boat Certificate becomes invalid upon: | |||||||||||||
| a. | the change to any items recorded on the Boat Certificate as required under 01.10.02 | |||||||||||||
| b. | withdrawal by the Certification Authority | |||||||||||||
| c. | the issue of a new Certificate | |||||||||||||
| 01.10.05 | Retention of Certificate documentation | |||||||||||||
| The Certification Authority shall: | ||||||||||||||
| a. | retain the original documentation upon which the current Certificate is based; | |||||||||||||
| b. | upon request, transfer this documentation to the new Certification Authority if the Hull is exported. | |||||||||||||