Rules

All campsites shall be left clean and safe. All rubbish; including existing rubbish shall be removed.

No rubbish shall be buried. 

No oils or fuel shall be emptied or disposed of, except into suitable containers, which shall remain the property of the Competitors and be removed from the Venues. If the toilets are not available, human waste shall be buried at least 100 metres away from campsites and watercourses.  Failure to comply with this requirement may result in disciplinary action being taken. 

Vehicles shall only be driven on the formed or marked tracks. No competing vehicles allowed in Camping Areas. Standing trees or plants shall not be cut down, removed or otherwise intentionally damaged. 

Winches must have an operational automatic braking system, which cannot be manually overridden to prevent un-spooling when winching is halted. Winches shall be mounted in a secure manner, with grade 8.8 high tensile steel bolts or equivalent, to the chassis, bull bar or bar work, or an engineered sub-frame in a monocoque vehicle.

Hand winches are permitted. 

A 10,000lb/4500kg minimum rated recovery point, is required on both the front and rear of the vehicle and shall be securely mounted to the chassis by a minimum of two 12mm, or four 10mm, grade (or equivalent) high tensile steel bolts.

The mounting of a recovery point to the bull bar or bar work is permissible provided the recovery point is securely mounted to the bar work by a minimum of two 12mm, or four 10mm, grade 8.8 (or equivalent) high tensile steel bolts. All recovery gear must have a minimum rating of 3.25t. 

Vehicles are required to be available for scrutineering prior to the start of the event at the time and location as determined by the Event Organiser.  Both, Driver and Co-driver shall be present during the scrutineering unless pre-approved by the event Director or Chief Scrutineer. 

A second and final scrutineering inspection at a later time may be applied for, should the vehicle fail to meet event requirements at the initial scrutineering. Any vehicle that fails to pass the scrutineering process will be excluded from starting the event. If any competing vehicle is damaged so as to be unsafe, the Crew must repair that damage to the Scrutineers satisfaction. The Scrutineer, or their delegate, has the right to check any vehicle at any time during the competition and to require that vehicle to be repaired to the Scrutineers satisfaction, or be excluded from the event. 

No alcohol shall be consumed prior to, or during any stage, until the day's event is completed.  During stages all Competitors and Officials must maintain a zero balance. 

No Driver or Co-Driver shall seek favour from, influence, manipulate, obstruct or interfere with the duties of any member of the Competition Committee or trackside Marshals.  

The Driver and Co-Driver combination shall remain the same for the entire event.  Alternating between Driver and Co-Driver for any particular stage is allowable, unless specified otherwise by the Event Organiser for a particular stage.  Substitution on Medical or other grounds is at the discretion of the Event Organiser. 

No action by any Driver or Co-Driver shall expose any person to harm or risk of harm.   

All teams will be under starting orders from the Marshal controlling that stage, and all instructions given by that Marshal controlling that stage, and all instructions given by that Marshal are to be followed. 

Marshals have the right to intervene and redirect any Crew during a stage, if there is a risk of a dangerous incident to any person or vehicle.  If Marshals direct, the Crew must co-operate with the Marshal.  Failure to do so will result in stage disqualification.  The Marshal will alert the Team by any means possible. 

No Driver or Co-Driver shall engage in abuse of, or improper behaviour toward, any Marshal.

No Driver or Co-Driver shall fail to comply with any reasonable direction of any Marshal. 

Seat belt safety harnesses of both Driver and Co-Driver must be correctly worn and fastened anytime the vehicle is in motion.  No track or Course Boundary peg shall be struck by a vehicle, Participant or equipment such that it falls and remains on the ground and no track or Course Boundary marker tape shall be broken or deliberately removed. 

A Participant shall not handle, or step over or under a winch cable under tension.  The winching cable or winch extension strap is deemed under tension any time it is connected to the winching anchor point.  The anchor point must be the last connection made. 

Holding the Tree protector up from either side or to the rear of a tree or winching point in the set-up phase until the tension is taken up will not be deemed handling a cable under tension.  Once you release the Tree protector it is now deemed live and the set-up phase is over.  You are now required to stand clear for winching.  Should you now touch the cable or tree protector it would be deemed handling a cable under tension.  If the tree protector should fall below the position you set and you wish to reset it; you must first disconnect the cable and start a whole new resetting phase.  Handling the cable dampener will not be deemed handling the cable under tension provided the winch and the vehicle are stationary. 

A cable under tension shall have an approved cable dampener hung over the winch cable.  It cannot be used in a rolled up state.  There must be individual cable dampener within 4 metres of any hook, pulley blocks, cable joiner, or shackle used in any recovery operation. 

No action by the Driver or Co-Driver shall expose any person to harm or risk of harm during any recovery operation.  The Driver or Co-Driver shall be responsible for verbally warning any bystanders effectively including Marshals, when a winch recovery is about to commence or recommence.  It is not sufficient to just call "Stand Clear Winching".  If you neglect to ensure that the area is clear and sage before you start winching you will be penalised. 

A Driver or Co-Driver shall not stand directly between an anchor point and a Vehicle being winched and shall remain a minimum distance of 3m from the cable, except to check the winch drum or reposition the dampener and then only if the Vehicle and winch are stationary. 

At all times, other than when actually being used for winching, winch cables and hooks shall be fully rewound onto the drum, bull bar, bumper or winch horns and be securely hooked before the Vehicle moves.  If the Vehicle moves off with insecure winch cables or hooks or they subsequently come loose during a stage you will be penalised. 

RIGHTS OF ORGANISERS

The Organisers reserve the right to:

• Refuse any entry a reason will be given.
• Abandon, cancel postpone, change or shorten the event or any stage, without due notice in the event of any unforeseen circumstances.  No claims whatsoever of any kind shall be entertained due to the abandoning, cancellation, postponement, changing or shortening of the event.
• Exclude any person or Vehicle that fails, at any time throughout the event, to meet the scrutineering or administrative guidelines as set out this event guide, or penalise as the Events Committee sees fit.
• Cancel or change any stage or other section of the event at any time, for safety reasons including when some Crews have already completed the stage.
• Disqualify any Crew that fails to abide by any rules set out in this event guide and any supplementary amendments or any instructions from the event Organisers.  Any Person or Crew disqualified or excluded may be required to leave the vicinity of the event and the property at which the event is being held.