The General Competition Rules

These rules are continually developed and updated, and since no set of rules can anticipate every issue which may arise in the conduct of a sport, especially one with as wide a variety of disciplines and competing interests as exist in motorcycling, MA welcomes constructive feedback on these rules. These rules confer on the Controlling Bodies and their representatives and officials discretion in the application and interpretation of the Rules. It is intended that discretion will be exercised, as stated in the very first rule in the MoMS, that competition is safe, free, and fair. The rules should reflect the way that the sport in conducted. MA and the State Controlling Bodies (SCBs) have been careful to ensure that there is a process in place to ensure that every participant has the opportunity to have their say in the way these rules are written.

The MoMS is divided into 29 chapters. The first 14 chapters apply to all disciplines of the sport including: Jurisdiction, Administration, Licensing, Competitions, Protests and Appeals, Judicial Committee Guidelines, Sporting Commissions, Accreditation Schemes, Personal Accident Insurance, MA's Anti-Doping Policy, all discipline rules, and Australian Championships. The rest of the chapters are discipline-specific. There is a degree of crossover from the first section to the specific disciplines and some of the rules contained in those first chapters need to be added to or varied according to the needs of a particular discipline.

Rules can also change from one year to the next. Rule changes in the next year's MoMS will appear as follows: a new rule will appear in bold and rules that have been deleted will appear struck out. The struck out rules will only remain for the 12 months following their deletion, after that they will be removed entirely from the MoMS.
Those wishing to contribute to the General Competition Rules are encouraged to do so and can do this by completing a Rule Amendment or Inclusion Form which is available in the MoMS and also on the MA website.

On this form, contributors will need to provide the suggested wording of the new rule or change and an explanation of why this rule change should occur.
When these have been received MA, it will be referred to the relevant Commission or Committee. If the relevant Commission or Committee decide to pursue the proposed change further, feedback will be opened up to the SCB's and to the general public for comment and discussion. Depending on the input, the Commission will then either reject the proposal or make an official recommendation with the wording of change. This will be added to the agenda of the next MA Board meeting, where they will decide to either accept or reject the proposed rule change. If rejected it will be noted in the Board Report which will become available for public viewing on the MA website, however, if accepted, the rule will be included in the following year's MoMS. Rules that are changed with immediate effect will be sent out to the Motorcycle Press and placed on the MA website as an Information Bulletin, outlining: the discipline affected, what the rule pertains to, the current rule, the new rule after change, who the rule was suggested and adopted by, and the date the rule change takes affect from.