Info from BRSCC re Regs Changes

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* IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE BRSCC CHIEF SCRUTINEER Helmets - as from 1st January this year the Snell SA95 helmet standard is no-longer acceptable. The ONLY helmet standards acceptable for car events are:- BS6658-85 Type A/FR (red label), Snell SA2000 and SA2005, SFI 31.1A and 31.2A, FIA 8860-2004. The older BS6658-85 Type A (blue label) IS still acceptable but only in the UK (NOT including Southern Ireland). If your championship is running at a mainland European event this standard is NOT acceptable even if it is a complete British Championship round. As from the 1st of January this year ALL racing cars constructed after 31st December 1961 (1960 for single seaters) are required to have a currently FIA Homologated safety harness (seat belts). All FIA Homologated harnesses will have a homologation label attached to each part of the set. On this label will be the Homologation number and a "not valid after" date. Once this date is past the set is no longer homologated and will not be accepted. Please refer to MSA Yearbook, section J regulation 20.14.2. As from the 1st January this year ALL racing cars constructed after 31st December 1965 (1966 for Formula 2) are required to have a fire extinguisher complying with MSA Yearbook section Q regulation 3.1.2.(a). Medium, (2.25 litre AFFF or Zero 2000) Plumbed-in, for discharge into both cockpit and engine compartment. Please take a moment to check your car complies with both these regulations which are new for 2006. Some championships may have already had these requirements in the past but now they apply to the vast majority of cars in all BRSCC Championships. If your car is presented at scrutineering and does not comply YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ON THE CIRCUIT.