Part 5
PROTESTS, REDRESS, HEARINGS, MISCONDUCT AND APPEALS
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.
SECTION C
GROSS MISCONDUCT
69 69.1 ALLEGATIONS OF GROSS MISCONDUCT Obligation not to Commit Gross Misconduct (a) A competitor shall not commit gross misconduct, including a gross breach of a rule, good manners or sportsmanship, or conduct bringing the sport into disrepute. Throughout rule 69, ‘competitor’ means a member of the crew, or the owner, of a boat. An allegation of a breach of rule 69.1(a) shall be resolved in accordance with the provisions of rule 69.
(b) 69.2
Action by a Protest Committee (a) When a protest committee, from its own observation or a report received from any source, believes that a competitor may have broken rule 69.1(a), it may call a hearing. If the protest committee decides to call a hearing, it shall promptly inform the competitor in writing of the alleged breach and of the time and place of the hearing. If the competitor provides good reason for being unable to attend the hearing, the protest committee shall reschedule it. A protest committee of at least three members shall conduct the hearing, following the procedures in rules 63.2, 63.3(a), 63.4 and 63.6. If it is established to the comfortable satisfaction of the protest committee, bearing in mind the seriousness of the alleged misconduct, that the competitor has broken rule 69.1(a), it shall either
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