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The Iron Games Powerlifting
JURY AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE

Jury
1. At World and Continental Championships, a Jury will
be appointed to preside over each lifting session.
2. The Jury shall consist of three or five Category 1
referees. In the absence of a member of the Technical
Committee, the most senior member of the three or
five shall be designated President of the Jury. The five
man jury can be installed only at the World Games
or Men’s and Women’s Open Championships in
Powerlifting.
3. The members of the Jury shall all be from different
nations with the exception of the IPF President and
the Chairman of the Technical Committee.
4. The function of the Jury is to ensure that the
technical rules are correctly applied.
5. During the competition the Jury may, by a majority
vote, replace any referee whose decisions in its
opinion, prove him to be incompetent. The referee
concerned must have received a warning prior to any
action of dismissal.
6. The impartiality of referees cannot be doubted, but a
mistake in refereeing can be committed in good faith.
In such a case, the referee shall be allowed to give his
explanation for making the decision which is the
subject of his warning.
7. If a protest is made to the Jury against a referee, then
the referee may be informed of the protest. The Jury
should not put unnecessary stress on platform
referees.
8. If a serious mistake occurs in the refereeing which is
contrary to the technical rules, the Jury may take
appropriate action to correct the mistake. They may
at their discretion, grant the lifter a further attempt.
9. Only in extreme circumstances when there has been
an obvious or blatant mistake in the refereeing will
the Jury in consultation with the referees, by
unanimous jury vote, reverse the decision. Only 2 to
1 referees’ decisions can be considered by the Jury.

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