SECTION A - PROTESTS; REDRESS; RULE 69 ACTION
60.1 A boat may
(a) protest another boat, but not for an alleged breach of a rule of Part 2, or rule 31 unless she was involved in or saw the incident;
(b) request redress; or
(c) report to the protest committee requesting action under rule 60.3(d) or 69.2(b).
60.2 A race committee may
(a) protest a boat, but not as a result of information arising from a request for redress or an invalid protest, or from a report from a person with a conflict of interest other than the representative of the boat herself;
(b) request redress for a boat; or
(c) report to the protest committee requesting action under rule 60.3(d) or 69.2(b).
60.3 A protest committee may
(a) protest a boat, but not as a result of information arising from a request for redress or an invalid protest, or from a report from a person with a conflict of interest other than the representative of the boat herself. However, it may protest a boat
(1) if it learns of an incident involving her that may have resulted in injury or serious damage, or(2) if during the hearing of a valid protest it learns that the boat, although not a party to the hearing, was involved in the incident and may have broken a rule
(b) call a hearing to consider redress;
(c) act under rule 69.2(b); or
(d) call a hearing to consider whether a support person has broken a rule, based on its own observation or information received from any source, including evidence taken during a hearing.
60.4 A technical committee may
(a) protest a boat, but not as a result of information arising from a request for redress or an invalid protest, or from a report from a person with a conflict of interest other than the representative of the boat herself. However, it shall protest a boat if it decides that a boat or personal equipment does not comply with the class rules or with rule 50;
(b) request redress for a boat; or
(c) report to the protest committee requesting action under rule 60.3(d) or 69.2(b).
60.5 However, neither a boat nor a committee may protest for an alleged breach of rule 69 or a Regulation referred to in rule 6, unless permitted by the Regulation concerned