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2026 Rules and Regulations - 500 Section Tests

New Zealand · English · 16 pages

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2026 NZIFSA Rules and Regulations – 1 Jan 2026 500-2 Test/Competition Secretary will necessitate the reapplication for the test plus another test fee. 502.9 Any withdrawals from a test day (for other than medical or bereavement reasons or exceptional circumstances) must be made a minimum of 7 days prior to the test date. Failure to comply will necessitate the reapplication for the test plus another test fee. 502.10 Only test officials, candidates for tests and NZIFSA accredited coaches may be rinkside or in the marshalling area during tests. Apprentice Level 2 coaches may be rinkside provided that they are under the supervision of their mentor. 502.11 As an alternative to taking tests at a dedicated test session, skaters may apply to the NZIFSA TC Secretary to have a Free Skating, Pair Skating, Pattern Dance or Free Dance Test credited to them where they have achieved the requirements for that test in the course of an NZIFSA sanctioned competition (as defined in Rule 201), provided that said competition occurred after 1 January 2021 and had a minimum of two judges and two technical panel officials. Such application must be received within one week of publication of results. Where more than two judges are on panel, a draw will be conducted by the NZIFSA TC Secretary (or nominated representative) after the conclusion of the competition to determine which two judges’ marks will be used. Subject to the TC Secretary verifying that the competition protocol provides evidence that the test level has been attained, and that the skater’s club has received payment of the requisite test fee, the corresponding test shall be awarded. 502.12 Warm up times A warm up period of six minutes in duration must be provided prior to all tests (except Pattern Dance tests, for which the warm up duration is three minutes per dance). 503 CONDITIONS OF ICE AND MUSIC 503.1 The Referee may call off any test where the condition of the ice or music in their opinion is not satisfactory. 503.2 The Referee may stop any test due to rinkside interference or distractions to skaters or judges. Restart point at the discretion of the Referee. 503.3 The ice surface will be clear of any distractions other than the skater or skaters taking their test. 503.4 An adequate sound system will be used to replay any or all music necessary for the appropriate tests. 504 WHOLE TEST ON SAME DAY In all cases the whole test must be skated on the same day with the same panel of Judges except for Pattern Dance tests. 505 RE-SKATES 505.1 Free Skating, Pairs, Stroking and Dance - A test which is complete in itself may be re￾skated only where external causes interfere. All the Judges must mark the re-skated test as re-skated without reference to the original skating. 505.2 Elements in isolation – in the event of a failure during the test and at the Judges’ discretion the following re-skates will be permitted: • Tests 0, 1, 2 and 3 for Free skating and Pairs, two re-skates are permitted. Tests 0, 1, 2, and 3 for Pattern Dance, one re-skate is permitted per dance. • Tests 4 and above for Free skating and Pairs, three re-skates are permitted. Tests 4 and above for Pattern Dance, two re-skates are permitted per dance.