(a) The relevant SLSA authority shall appoint a Competition Appeals Panel from officials and/or other persons with the skill and/or experience to consider and determine appeals relating to events being conducted at a competition.

(b) From this Competition Appeals Panel, the Appeals Committee Convener shall, having regard to the nature of the dispute and the skill and/or experience of the members of the Appeals Panel, appoint Appeals Committees of not less than two (2) or more than three (3) persons.

(c) The authority and powers of the Appeals Committee are set out in Section 14 – Protests, Disputes, Discipline.