Yachting Australia have issued a "prescription to rule 40.2" which reads as follows:-

"ISAF is conducting a detailed investigation into the practical application of rule 40.2 from which it is anticipated that an international standard will be established so that sailors know exactly what equipment fits within this rule. ISAF is also undertaking a programme to alert sailors to the dangers of entrapment by harnesses and ways to reduce the risk of entrapment.

As it is improbable that these studies can be completed and a standard produced in a time which will enable rule 40.2 to take effect on 1 January 2006, Yachting Australia prescribes that the implementation of rule 40.2 will not occur on 1 January 2006 but on a future date to be advised, and which Yachting Australia considers to be the first practical date."