Paralympic Games Shooting Rules
1. All guns must be handled and discharged safely as per I.S.S.F. rules. It will be the responsibility of the coaches and/or the delegation leaders to ensure that competitors entered in shooting events are able to handle rifles and/or pistols safely. Violation of this rule can result in immediate disqualification of the competitor.
2. Violation of the rules will be handled as per I.S.S.F rules.
3. Competition numbers shall be assigned to competitors for each competition and shall be published in all competitor lists and timetables etc. This number and relevant class and subclass shall be displayed on the backrest of the shooting chair if available. If not, it should be on the back of the competitor’s jacket and must be of sufficient size to be easily read from the public gallery.
4. All protests, appeals inclusive, regarding technical matters must be handled as per I.S.S.F. rules. Protest fee must be delivered by hand to the Organizing Committee. The appropriate fee must accompany appeals. If the protest is upheld, the Organizing Committee must return the protest fee. If the protest is denied the protest fee will be retained by the ISCD. The decision of the Jury of Appeal is final.
5. For Paralympic Games, World- and Regional Championships the ISCD can decide to allow Organizing Committees to restrict the number of competitors per country per event.
6. For World and Regional Championships and MQS-competitions the number of competitors for an event to take place must be a minimum of 4 countries on the starting list.
7. Bids for organizing sanctioned shooting competitions have to be submitted according to IPC rules.
8. The Technical Delegate of the ISCD must approve and be part of the Jury of Appeal. The names of the Jury and the Jury of Appeal must be announced before the start of the competition.
9. The composition of the Jury for each sanctioned competition shall be:
a. Shooting Jury I.S.S.F. rules and ISCD rules:
1 I.S.S.F. judge according to I.S.S.F. rules.
2 by ISCD appointed judges, 1 for pistol and 1 for rifle.
The ISCD-judges need to have an ISSF B-license.
b. Shooting Jury of Appeal:
1 chairman (Technical Delegate)
1 I.S.S.F. judge
1 ISCD judge
10. Before the start of the competition there shall be a technical meeting with representatives of the participating countries and the Organizing Committee, supervised by the Technical Delegate of the ISCD.
11. An athlete, team official, team member or any other who:
· contravenes the spirit of fair-play
· offends manifestly members of any committee, officials or referees in the course of his/her official duties
· behaves himself/herself in a manner which discredits ISCD, IPC, any International Federation or the Organizers of a competition
may be penalized.
This unsporting conduct by any will result in:
a. 1st violation: a warning (yellow card)
b. 2nd violation: expulsion from the range complex (red card)
c. failure to comply with the red card will result in expulsion for the remainder of the competition and a letter sent to the respective national Federation advising it of the action taken and the reasons for it.
12. The ISCD may impose any penalty it sees as appropriate in the circumstances as per rules and regulations of the relevant National Federation.
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