PROCEDURE 

The Accreditation Office of the International Control Commission (CIC) is situated in the Gary Player Clubhouse at Sun City.  The function of the CIC will be to examine the individual dossiers and to validate the accreditation of the competitors and officials as well as any possible changes or re-accreditation.  The CIC control guarantees the age, nationality, and the student status of a competitor. 

In order to participate at a FISU event, competitors (athletes) should comply with the following criteria based on Article 5.2 of the FISU Regulations: 

1.  be a national of the country they represent;

2.  be at least 17 and less than 28 years of age on 1^st January in the year of the event (i.e. must have been born between 1^st January 1980 and 31^st December 1990).

3.  provide an official document signed by the appropriate academic authority that certifies his/her status as a full time student registered for studies towards a degree or diploma at a university or similar institute whose status as a higher education institution is recognised by the national academic authority of  that country;

4.  former students of institutions mentioned above who have obtained their academic degree or diploma in the previous year (i.e. 2007);

5.  Pay the required participation and registration fees due to the Organising Committee and FISU.

Within 24 hours from arrival at Sun City, the Head of Delegation (or appointed representative) shall collect the passports and student certificate of each participant, and report to the Accreditation Office at the time he/she fixed with the FISU CIC.  There he/she will prepare the individual dossiers for each participant.  The individual dossiers shall contain the following documentation in one of the working languages of FISU: 

Competitors (Athletes): 

1.  Passport (or a valid national Identity Document for South African participants);

2.  Individual entry form (I-1) signed and stamped by the FNSU with photo;

3.  FISU Academic Eligibility Form signed and stamped by the university and FNSU; or an original student card for 2008; or certificate originating from the appropriate academic authority certifying that the competitor is officially registered for and pursuing a full-time course of study; or original degree or diploma certificate for former students;

4.  Accreditation card prepared by the Organising Committee (without lamination).

Officials: 

1.  Passport (or a valid national Identity Document for South African participants);

2.  Individual entry form (I-3) signed and stamped by the FNSU with photo;

3.  Accreditation card prepared by the Organising Committee (without lamination). 

After the control of the documents by the CIC, the FISU CIC delegate shall receive from each competing country the following FISU registration fees in cash: 

·  effective member associations - twenty (20) US Dollars per competitor and official;

·  non member associations - forty (40) US Dollars per competitor and official. 

On the successful completion of the accreditation process, signing of the accreditation cards and payment of the registration fees, the cards will be laminated and delivered to the Heads of Delegations.  Accreditation cards will only be issued to competitors and officials whose dossiers have been approved by the CIC. 

At the first General Meeting, the CIC delegate shall inform the Technical Committee (CT) and the Organising Committee of the names of accredited competitors.  Within 24 hours, the International Supervision, Control and Arbitration Committee (CISCA) shall inform the FISU Secretariat of the names of those persons to whom accreditation has been refused.

If the officials of a delegation deliberately miss inform FISU about the eligibility of a competitor(s), the team will be excluded from further participation in the Championship.  Such fraud could be grounds for the termination of that country’s membership of FISU. 

Participants in the 12^th World University Golf Championship are required to always keep their cards with them and be prepared to present them for inspection by members of the CISCA or any other persons authorised by them. 

Team Managers in declaring the starters of individual and team competitions, must also list the accreditation card numbers of competitors next to their names.  Competitors in reporting to the start of any individual or team competition must be prepared to show their accreditation cards to the official in charge. 

Accreditation cards may not be transferred or lent to a third party under any circumstances.  Identity cards will admit the holders to sports venues, official accommodation and any other facilities or services agreed between the Organising Committee, FISU and Sun City.  The bearer of cards shall further observe and agree to the following: 

·   comply with all rules and regulations of FISU and the event;

·   consent to search and inspection for prohibited items and/or confiscation of prohibited items. 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE 

The monetary unit in South Africa is the South African Rand (R).  Teams are advised to do their foreign exchange at the O.R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg before departing for Sun City.  The banks and foreign exchange bureaus at the Airport offer a better exchange rate than found at Sun City.  Most international credit cards and traveller’s cheques are accepted. 

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