Protest Validity

1. A protest is invalid
   1. if it does not comply with the definition protests 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.
2. 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).
3. 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.