The administration of the newly imposed affiliation fee / levy by MSA requires the involvement of club management; as the aspects included in, and covered by the annual levy involve stringent administrative and operational controls at club membership level.

The levy now provides for the recognition of all paid-up members to be automatically in possession of a valid RCL (Restricted Competition Licence) for the year the club membership card is valid. The administration of this is handled by Club Committees.

1. MEMBERSHIP. In order for an individual to participate as an Entrant/Driver in a competitive event for which a SAVVA/MSA Permit has been issued they need to be fully paid up members of a club in their own right. This includes Honorary Members, Life Members, Full Members and Associate Members (Spouses and partners of members). The payment for the RCL is included in Club Membership Subscriptions.

2. NAVIGATORS. A maximum of one additional membership card endorsed as an RCL may be issued to a member's extended family who takes part in organised motor sport as a navigator. That card needs to indicate Navigator Only and be recorded as such.

Any non-club member or any additional family members that require an RCL to navigate on an event need to become members albeit temporary. Such RCLs shall require an additional payment for membership and per capita levy to MSA.

•  INDEMNITY CARDS. All members will have to be in possession of the yellow SAVVA Indemnity Card supporting renewal of annual memberships and recorded as such against membership registration each year. Once a card has been issued, the card will remain valid for life and can be used as the indemnity required in subsequent membership renewals. No membership card can now be issued without a valid Indemnity Card Number supporting membership renewal.

Members are asked to take note of the following and refer any queries to their club committee

•  All cards issued prior to January 2003 need to be replaced.
•  All who held RCLs over the past two years must re-sign an Indemnity Application and be issued with a yellow card by their club. Some may already have done this.
•  The Indemnity form signed for the RCL in the past two years is not acceptable.
•  The correct Indemnity Application Form is attached. Please check that the form you signed previously is correct. It is the same as the 2005 form but now showing that SAVVA is the issuing authority.
•  If a holder has lost their card or the club does not have in their possession the correct signed form, new forms and cards need to be completed.
•  Duplicate cards cannot be issued, as they are pre-numbered at source.
•  All completed applications and records will in future be retained centrally by SAVVA. •  Clubs are reminded that every single person who participates in any club activity must be in possession of a signed Indemnity for which a yellow card has been issued. The numbering sequence starts at 101001 to 108000

9. If in doubt about the validity of any old form or card rather obtain a new one and a new yellow card.