In order to ensure fairness and breadth of assessment, no more than five signatures will be allowed from any one individual.

It is preferable that signatures only be gained from BRMC examining grade members, thus protecting standards. In practice however this is unlikely to prove practical, due to the relatively small number of active examining grade members. As a compromise at least fifty percent of the signatures gained must be from a suitable BRMC examining grade marshal. Within the above, the following rules will apply:

•     STAGE RALLY MARSHAL
          Any BRMC Examining Stage Rally Marshal, the Stage Commander, or his/her Deputy.

•     STAGE TIMEKEEPER
          Any BRMC Examining Stage Rally Marshal, the Stage Commander, or his/her Deputy.

•     STAGE OPERATIONS
          Any BRMC Examining Stage Rally Marshal, or Stage Commander.

•     ROAD RALLY MARSHAL
          Any BRMC Examining Road Rally Marshal, Chief Marshal, Clerk of the Course, or Deputy Clerk of the Course.

Furthermore, with regard to training sessions, signatures will be valid from the session organiser, provided that the training session is being run by a MSA accredited trainer. For the purposes of radio training, an MSA accredited Radio Controller will also be deemed to be a valid signatory.

Signatures may NOT normally be given for duties carried out outside the direct control of the signatory. The following exceptions may apply:

•     STAGE RALLY MARSHAL
  The three In-Stage Duty signatures, the Incident signature and the Spectator Control signature may be given by the Stage Commander, or his/her Deputy, provided that they are satisfied that the duty has been performed to the required standard.

•     TIMEKEEPING
          Up to four signatures from an event Senior Time Control Official may be accepted.

•     STAGE OPERATIONS
  The Deputy Stage Commander, Sector Marshal, two Stage Arrowing or Stage Set Up, two Incident, and the Spectator Control signature may be given by the Stage Commander, provided that they are satisfied that the duty has been performed to the required standard.

It is recognised that there are problems relating to the issue of grading signatures for multi-use and road rally events, where members may perform several duties in the course of one day. Nevertheless, under the scheme only one grading signature may be gained on any one day, irrespective of the number of duties carried out.