No facility is permitted to replace a rider, who although included in a redeclaration has not made an appearance for that team since being redeclared.
a) A team may utilise a facility to cover the absence of a rider(s) who has been approved in a teams declared 1-7 at the start of the season, a 28 day facility may be granted at the BSPA Directors discretion. In the NDL this only applies if the rider was in that teams 1-7 at the close of the previous season.
The rules are badly worded