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Communication 1025 - Sanctions & Penalties

The ISU Council, based on the proposal of the Technical Committees for Figure Skating, Ice Dancing and Synchronized Skating, has adopted the following revisions to update the uniform system for recommendation of sanctions and penalties for Judges and Referees whose performance has been unsatisfactory or who are lacking the required activity. See Rules 421 & 427 for Figure Skating, Rules 588 & 591 for Ice Dancing and Rules 815 & 822 for Synchronized Skating.

(i) Sanctions and penalties are based on the Reports of the Referee, as follows:

1a)	decided by the Technical Committee
1b)	decided by the Technical Committee, approved by the Council
2a)-c)	recommended by the Technical Committee, decided by the Council
3	recommended by the Technical Committee, decided by the Council
4	recommended by the Technical Committee, decided by the Council
5	automatic decision according to the Rules/requirements

(ii) Sanctions and penalties may also be imposed directly by the Council. See 4 i) and 4 ii) below.

Judges/Referees

1. SANCTIONS

a) NOTED

Judges (for judging)	Referees (for refereeing)
i) first evidence of serious errors or bias	i) first Report not submitted on time
ii) first failure to return Explanation Sheet(s) on time	ii) first Report not completed satisfactorily

b) LETTER OF ADVICE

Judges (for judging)	Referees (for refereeing)
i) repeated evidence of serious errors and/or bias	i) repeated evidence of late submission of Report
ii) striking cases of serious errors and/or bias	ii) repeated case of an unsatisfactory Report
iii) repeated case of late submission of Explanation Sheet(s)	iii) striking errors in the Report
iv) first case of non-attendance at Event Review Meeting	iv) first evidence of error(s) in conducting an event

2. PENALTIES

a) LETTER OF CRITICISM

Judges (for judging)	Referees (for refereeing)
i) repeated evidence of serious errors and/or bias after receiving a Letter of Advice	i) repeated evidence of late submission of the Report after receiving a Letter of Advice
ii) striking cases of very serious error(s) and/or bias	ii) repeated evidence of unsatisfactory Report after receiving a Letter of Advice
iii) repeated case of late submission of Explanation Sheet(s) after receiving a Letter of Advice for same failure	iii) repeated evidence of error(s) in conducting an event after receiving a Letter of Advice
iv) repeated case of non-attendance at the Event Review Meeting after receiving a Letter of Advice for the same failure
iv) serious striking error(s) in the Report
	v) striking error(s) in conducting an event

b) LETTER OF WARNING

Judges (for judging)	Referees (for refereeing)
i) repeated evidence of serious errors and/or bias after receiving a Letter of Criticism	i) repeated case of late submission of the Report after receiving a Letter of Criticism
ii) striking cases of extraordinary serious error(s) and/or bias	ii) repeated case of unsatisfactory Report after receiving a Letter of Criticism
iii) repeated case of late submission of Explanation Sheet(s) after receiving a Letter of Criticism for same failure	iii) very serious striking error(s) in the Report
iv) repeated case of non-attendance at Event Review Meeting after receiving a Letter of Criticism for same failure	iv) repeated evidence of error(s) in conducting an event after receiving a Letter of Criticism
	v) serious striking error(s) in conducting an event

c) SUSPENSION

Judges (for judging)	Referees (for refereeing)
i) repeated evidence of serious errors and/or bias after receiving a Letter of Warning	i) unsatisfactory refereeing (as defined in b)) after receiving a Letter of Warning
	ii) very serious striking case(s) of errors in conducting the event

3. DEMOTION

Judges (for judging)	Referees (for refereeing)
i) repeated failure to comply with the Rules necessitating Letters of Advice, Criticism and Warning may result in demotion	i) repeated failure to comply with the Rules necessitating Letters of Advice, Criticism and Warning may result in Demotion
	ii) failure to submit a Report

4. MISCONDUCT

Judges (including when acting as Referees)	Referees
i) Misconduct, as defined in ISU Rule 426, 590 and 821, may result in a sanction or penalty depending on the severity of the act. This applies to both Judges and Referees.	i) Misconduct, as defined in ISU Rule 412, 583 and 809, may result in a sanction or penalty depending on the severity of the act. This applies to both Judges and Referees.
ii) The Council may also impose sanctions under Rule 104, paragraph 16 of General Regulations.	ii) The Council may also impose sanctions under Rule 104, paragraph 16 of General Regulations.

5. AUTOMATIC REMOVAL/DEMOTION FROM THE LIST OF JUDGES AND REFEREES

Judges	Referees
i) failure to reply to inquiries by the Referee of an Event or Chairperson of the Technical Committee	i) failure to reply to inquiries from the Chairperson of the Technical Committee
ii) evidence that the Judge does not have a working knowledge of English	ii) evidence that the Referee does not have a working knowledge of English
iii) failure to comply with activity requirements	iii) failure to comply with activity requirements

6. GENERAL INFORMATION

When considering the activity of a Judge or Referee for sanctions or penalties, only the previous three years will be assessed.

If the Judges and/or Referees of a Member have been proven to be unsatisfactory, incompetent or biased over a period of several years, Rule 427: paragraph 7, Rule 591: paragraph 7, and Rule 822: paragraph 7 will apply.

Milano,								Ottavio Cinquanta, President
		June 4, 1999
Lausanne,							Fredi Schmid, General Secretary