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Competitors shall present the competition notice and identification document with photo, such as the national identification card, passport or driver's license, at the specified time to complete registration procedure with the organizer of the competition. Any delayed presentation will lead to disqualification. Except if such delay is caused by special reason that has been approved by the organizer in advance.
If the competitor mentioned in the previous paragraph is a team composed of two persons or more, the registration shall be completed by a full team.

Competitors shall familiarize themselves with the premises, machinery and equipment at the specified time. Any competitor who fails to enter the premises within fifteen minutes from the specified time shall be deemed to have waived the right to familiarize themselves with the premises, machinery and equipment, as well as the right to voice any objection.
Competitors shall familiarize themselves with the machinery and equipment based on the number of competition posts. Any doubt about any machinery or equipment, tool or material provided by the organizer shall be immediately brought to the attention of the Chief Expert and the experts (hereinafter the "Experts"). The Experts shall handle the matter immediately. Once the competitor confirms the handling of the situation and signs his/her name, no further objection may be voiced thereafter.

When entering into the premises of competition, the competitor shall present his/her badge, identification document and self-prepared tools to the Experts for inspection.
The competitor shall not bring into the competition premises any material, equipment, tools, accessory, plans, mobile phones, beepers, wearable device or other equipment and facility with functions of information transmission, sensing, photographing and recording. Except if the Chief Expert grants approval.

On the day (session) of the competition, any competitor who fails to enter into the competition premises within fifteen minutes from the specified time shall be disqualified for the competition of the current day (session). However, the competitors shall still be allowed to participate in the subsequent competition sessions in accordance with the rules.

During the competition period, a competitor shall wear his/her badge and arm band showing the number of the skills category. The competitor shall also wear the uniforms and safety protection tools in accordance with the rules of the competition premises before entering into the premise to participate in the competition.

The start and end of the competition time shall be controlled by the Experts in accordance with the rules of the tests. No competitor shall be allowed to move the time forwards or backwards.

During the competition, the competitor shall comply with the relevant rules and follow the rules explained by the Experts and technical advisors for the job categories. If the competitor has any question, or discovers any missing page or has any other doubt about any announcement, description or test announced by the Experts, it should be raised immediately for the Experts to handle and record. No objection shall be voiced afterwards.

No one is allowed to make any videos or photographs during the competition, unless otherwise publicly announced by the organizer or approved by the Chief Expert.

The competitor shall exercise due care for safety during the operation of machinery and equipment. Any breakdown of machinery or equipment due to negligent operation shall be resolved by the competitor himself/herself and no additional time will be granted.
Those who deliberately damage the equipment or facilities of the competition premises shall be liable for compensation.

If the competitor needs to leave the competition premises for any reason during the competition, it shall be subject to the consent of the Chief Expert and the competitor shall be accompanied by a dedicated person. The time of absence shall not exceed fifteen minutes, or twenty minutes for the disabled.
The duration of the competitor's absence mentioned in the previous paragraph shall be included in the time of competition. If a competitor exceeds the time period provided specified in the previous paragraph, the competitor shall be disqualified for the competition of the current day (session), unless it is not attributable to the personal conduct of the competitor.

After the completion of each session of competition, no competitor shall be allowed to access the competition post of other competitors or re-enter the competition premises without the consent of the Chief Expert.
If competition needs to be continued after a break time or the following day, the competition tests, self-prepared tools, works or relevant information of the competitors shall be processed in accordance with the instructions of the Experts.

In case of the occurrence of typhoon, earthquake, air attack, flood, fire, power outage, equipment breakdown or other significant event during the competition that renders it impossible to carry out the competition, the situation shall be handled in accordance with the instructions of the organizer.

Any competitor committing any of the following acts who fails to make correction after being warned shall be subject to an immediate meeting to be convened by the Chief Expert and the following decision will be informed to the competitor on site after a resolution to impose the sanction of deducting 5% from the total score:
1. Talking to or contacting any other competitors, staff, viewers or instructors without the consent of the Experts during the competition.
2. Bringing mobile phone, beeper, wearable devices or other equipment and facility with functions of information transmission, sensing, photographing and recording.
3. Violation of Article 34.
4. Violation of Article 39.
5. Violation of other competition rules.

Any competitor committing any of the following acts shall be disqualified and shall not be allowed to continue to participate. The total scores of the competition shall be zero:
1. Having an impostor examinee.
2. Transmitting information or message related to competition which significantly affects the results of the competition.
3. Assisting or asking others to do the assignment.
4. Exchanging work pieces or diagrams with others.
5. Bringing any part, model, semi-finished product or finished product that is prepared in advance, or any material, equipment, tool, accessory or plan that is not included in the list of competitors’ self-prepared tools without the consent of the Chief Expert, or accepting any such items provided by any other person.
6. Cheating by the use of electronic communications device or other manners.
7. Disturbing the order of the competition premises which affects the proceeding of the competition.
8. Failing to operate in compliance with safety instructions or guidelines so as to cause damage to competitor himself/herself or other person(s).
9. Intentionally damage the machinery, equipment or facility on the competition premises.
10. Violating the provisions prescribed in Article 29.
If any competitor is discovered to have committed any of the events under the previous paragraph after the competition, the total score of such competition shall also be zero.