Scrutineering Clarification/Amendments from the ALRC
Please be aware you will have to pass scrutineering before any event, but may also be subject to re-scrutineering during or after any event. As such the following applies.
Taken from the ALRC 2007 Hand Book, page 82, sections E 4.1.4 to 8 and E 11.3.4:
An entrant shall, before the event, satisfy himself as to the eligibility and safety of the vehicle…
The act of presenting a vehicle for official scrutiny shall be deemed a declaration of its fitness and eligibility and an acceptance of the consequences of such a declaration not being valid…
…obtaining a scrutineer’s approval at pre-event scrutiny does not indicate that the Scrutineer is accepting responsibility for the safety or road worthiness of the vehicle, not does it indicate that the vehicle complies in all respects…
So if the vehicle is examined during or after an event and found to be out of compliance with the regulations it may be excluded from the results….the entrant has no come-back against the scrutineer.
a request was made for the installation of line lockers to be fitted as an alternative to handbrakes. The ruling is, that all “vehicles shall be fitted with a braking system capable of holding them when parked, it shall be activated by a single operation and shall be external to the engine and gearbox”.
Applications have been made to the ALRC for a rule change to allow dislocation/relocation cones to be fitted to trials vehicles. This rule change has gone through the relevant stages and a decision has been made that they are not to be fitted to vehicles competing in any ALRC run events.
Discovery owners will now be put into modified class at any ALRC event should they trim the rear wheel arch commonly known as the “Camel Cut”, this is due to Camel Trophy Discoveries, being a factory modification, they were not originally manufactured to this design.
Questions have been raised regarding diesel engine vehicles running on fuel other than pumped fuel, i.e. oil. This is not allowed to be used under MSA regulations, therefore anyone attending an event who is suspected of using other fuel will be asked to leave the competition. You do have the right to appeal and to do so you must attend an ALRC meeting, to put your case forwards.
Please be aware that, should your tag not be legible, you will need a new tag to be fitted at a fee of £5.00. Should you turn up for scrutineering with an illegible tag, you will not be allowed to compete. This also applies to tags that are not physically visible.