10.1Procedural Penalties – General Regulations

Procedural penalties are imposed when a competitor fails to comply with procedures specified in a written stage briefing. The Range Officer imposing the procedural penalties must clearly record the number of penalties and the reason why they were imposed on the competitor’s score sheet.

A competitor disputing the application or number of procedural penalties may appeal to the Chief Range Officer and then to the Range Master. A competitor who continues to be aggrieved may then lodge an appeal for arbitration.

Procedural penalties cannot be nullified by further competitor action. For example, a competitor who fires a shot at a target while faulting a line will still incur the applicable penalties even though he subsequently shoots at the same target while not faulting the line.