Section B — General Limitations

(a) The protest committee shall hear each protest or request delivered unless it allows it to be withdrawn. (b) The protest committee may combine hearings which arise from the same or very closely connected incidents into one hearing. However, a hearing under rule 69 shall not be combined with any other type of hearing. (c) If the validity requirements are met, the protest committee may change the type of case if it is appropriate to do so having considered the information in the case, including any evidence given during a hearing. (d) If the protest committee decides to protest a boat under rule 60.4(c)(2), it shall close the current hearing, deliver a protest in accordance with the rules, and then hear the original and new protests together. (e) A hearing involving parties in different events conducted by different organizing authorities shall be heard by a protest committee acceptable to those authorities.