Section A — Right Of Way

(a) A protest is invalid (1) if it does not comply with the definition Protest or rule 60.2 or 60.3, (2) if it is from a boat that alleges a breach of a rule of Part 2 or rule 31, but she was not involved in it or did not see the incident, or (3) as far as it alleges a breach of rule 69 or a Regulation referred to in rule 6, unless permitted by the Regulation concerned. (b) A protest is invalid also if it is from a committee and is based on information from (1) a request for redress, (2) an invalid protest, or (3) a report from a person with a conflict of interest (other than a representative of the boat herself). (c) However, rule 60.4(b) does not apply to a protest from (1) the protest committee if it learns of an incident involving a boat that may have resulted in injury or serious damage, (2) the protest committee if it learns during the hearing of a valid protest that the boat, although not a party to the hearing, was involved in the incident and may have broken a rule, or (3) the technical committee if it has first conducted an inspection and decided a boat or personal equipment does not comply with the class rules or rule 50.