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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 500-3 • Free Dance Tests 1 to 4, one re-skate is permitted. Free Dance Tests 5 & 6, two re-skates are permitted. The re-skates may comprise the same or different elements. Any elements receiving a GOE of -5 (including mandatory -5 deductions for invalid ISU short programme requirements in free skate tests 5 – 7) must be re-skated first before other elements may be re-skated (these count towards the total number of re-skates permitted). Elements in isolation must be re-skated immediately upon request, without practice. Required elements that have not been performed during the test will be given a -5 GOE and accordingly must be re-skated first. If the overall minimum passing GOE has been obtained, no re-skates are required, even if one or more elements has received a -5 GOE. An element marked as No Value (NV) in a competition skate is treated as a -5 for the purposes of calculating a cumulative GOE for test credit purposes. 505.3 Stroking Tests – In the event of failure, one element may be re-skated once at the discretion of the Judges. 506 JUDGING OF TESTS 506.1 Marking must be in accordance with the rules applying to the particular level of skating and any particular rules set out in the test requirements. The closed marking system shall be used for all tests. 506.2 The NZIFSA Test/Competition Secretary must approve the judges for all tests. Two judges (not more), each holding the appropriate test judging grading, must be appointed for all tests except as follows; one judge can be used for Elementary tests providing that they are graded with a test level of Bronze or higher, Judges that are graded for Gold or higher test level for that discipline may single panel judge tests up to and including Bronze. 506.3 The candidate must satisfy each Judge appointed for the test. 506.4 A Judge or Referee may not officiate at a test where any of the following circumstances prevail: a) When they are closely related (defined as husband, wife, de facto partner, mother, father, son, daughter, sister and brother) to the candidate. b) When they have been a skating partner or a team member of the candidate during the past 12 months in a competition or test. c) When they are closely related to either: i) a coach of the candidate or ii) any person who has been a coach of the candidate during the preceding twelve months. d) When due to extenuating circumstances, a Judge or Referee is required to officiate contrary to Rule 506.4, prior approval must be sought from and given in writing by the Officials Director or nominated representative before the test can proceed. 506.5 Judges may not review a skater’s performance in person/via video within a period of three weeks prior to judging that skater for an NZIFSA Test. NZIFSA sanctioned competitions, tests and feedback sessions for monitoring purposes are exceptions to this rule. All skating participants in such events have the right to receive feedback from the panel of officials with respect to that event.