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27.3 Any complaint shall be made in writing to the organiser as soon as possible. Acomplaint is adjudicated by the organiser. The complainant shall be informed aboutthe decision immediately.27.4 There is no fee for a complaint.27.5 The organiser may set a time limit for complaints. Complaints received after thistime limit will only be considered if there are valid exceptional circumstances whichmust be explained in the complaint.28. Protests28.1 A protest may be made against the organiser’s decision about a complaint.28.2 Protests may only be made by team officials or competitors.| 28.3 Any protest shall be made in writing to a member of the jury no later than 15 minutesafter the organiser has informed the complainant of the decision about the complaint.Protests received after this time limit may be considered at the discretion of the juryif there are valid exceptional circumstances which must be explained in the protest.28.4 There is no fee for a protest.WOC| JWOCWMOCWOCJWOC| WGWCup29. Jury29.1 A jury shall be appointed to rule on protests.29.2 The IOF Council decides for which events it shall appoint the jury. If the IOF is notappointing the jury, the Federation of the organiser shall appoint the jury.29.3 The jury shall consist of 3 or 5 voting members, according to Rules 29.10–29.14,from different Federations. The IOF Event Adviser shall lead the jury but has novote.29.4 A representative of the organiser has the right to participate in the jury meetings buthas no vote.29.5 The organiser shall act according to the jury’s decisions, e.g. to reinstate a competitordisqualified by the organiser, to disqualify a competitor approved by the organiser, tovoid the results in a class approved by the organiser or to approve results declaredinvalid by the organiser.29.6 The jury is competent to rule only if all members are present. In urgent casespreliminary decisions may be taken if a majority of the jury members agree on thedecision.29.7 If a jury member declares him- or herself prejudiced or if a jury member is unable tofulfil his or her task, the IOF Event Adviser shall nominate a substitute.29.8 Arising from its ruling on a protest, the jury — in addition to instructing theorganiser — may recommend that the IOF Council excludes a person from some orall future IOF events in the case of a major violation of the rules.29.9 Decisions of the jury are final.29.10 The jury is appointed by the IOF Council. It shall consist of 5 voting members fromdifferent Federations.29.11 The jury is appointed by the IOF Council. It shall consist of 3 voting members fromdifferent Federations.29.12 The jury shall consist of both men and women. No jury member shall come from theorganising Federation.29.13 The jury shall consist of 3 voting members from different Federations. Two membersare appointed by the IOF Council. One member is appointed by the Federation of theorganiser.Page 24 IOF Foot Orienteering Competition Rules 2013