Jury of Appeal for the track and Field Competition

Ø A Jury of Appeal, which should normally consist of three, five or seven persons shall be appointed.

Ø One of its members shall be the Chairman and another the Secretary. If and when considered as appropriate, the Secretary may be a person not included in the Jury.

Ø In instances where there is an appeal relating to Rule 230 (Race Walking), at least one member of the Jury shall

 be a current member of the Panel of International (or Area) Race Walking Judges.

Ø Members of the Jury of Appeal shall not be present during any deliberations of the Jury concerning

Ø any Appeal that affects, directly or indirectly, an athlete affiliated to his own Member Federation.

Ø The chair of the Jury shall ask any member implicated by this Rule to withdraw, in the event the Jury

Ø member has not already done so.

Ø The IAAF or other organisation responsible for the competition shall appoint one or more alternate

Ø Jury members to substitute for any Jury member(s) who are not able to participate in an Appeal.

Ø Furthermore, a Jury should likewise be appointed at other meetings where the organizers deem it

Ø desirable or necessary in the interest of the proper conduct of the competitions.

Ø The primary functions of the Jury shall be to deal with all appeals under Rule 146 (Protest &

Ø Appeals) , and with any

Ø matters arising during the course of the meeting which are referred to it for decision.