Kingdom Law - Crown events

Crown events

Scheduling

1. There shall be two official Crown Tournaments and two official Coronations per year in the kingdom.
2. These shall be held on the first or second full weekend of the following months:
   • March - Autumn Crown
   • May - New Year's Coronation
   • September - Spring Crown
   • November - Mid-year Coronation
3. In exceptional cases, the Council of the Purse has discretion to accept an event bid specifying a date which is up to 14 days before or after the weekends noted above.
4. Events sited more than 500km as the crow flies from the Crown Tournament or Coronation event site are granted automatic permission to conflict with the event.
5. Other events shall not be scheduled on any date where a Crown Tournament or Coronation is to be held without express permission of the Crown.

Event hosting

The hosting of the four official crown events shall be equitably distributed among the branches of Lochac as far as is possible.

Bids

1. Bids from groups wishing to host a crown event shall be collected by the Kingdom Seneschal.
2. The Council of the Purse shall choose between the bids at least nine (9) months before the crown event, and earlier if they think advisable; but in no case shall the decision be made more than eighteen months before the proposed event.
3. In extenuating circumstances, bids may be approved up to six (6) months before the crown event.

Budget

1. All bids for crown events must include a detailed budget.
2. The Council of the Purse may reject a bid entirely based on the proposed budget, however it may seek modifications to that budget in preference to rejection.
3. Any modification to the budget must be agreed to by the Council of the Purse and the bidding group.
4. After the budget for a crown event has been approved by the Council of the Purse, no changes shall be made to the budget without the approval of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Finances

1. The steward of each crown event shall submit a final financial report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer within two months of the holding of the event.
2. If the report is not received in this time, the group may not hold any official events until a satisfactory report is received by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Inability for the Crown Tournament or Coronation to be held

General

1. In the event that the Crown Tournament or Coronation must be cancelled due to extenuating circumstances, such as but not limited to a public health emergency or significant natural disaster, and cannot feasibly be rescheduled or relocated within the allowable schedule period per 8.1, the events will occur as per 8.6.2 and 8.6.3.
2. The Council of the Purse will determine the dates and publish the date changes in Pegasus, on the kingdom website and other appropriate kingdom communication channels.

Crown Tournament

1. The Crown Tournament will be held at the following scheduled Coronation.
2. Should this event also be cancelled, the Crown Tournament will be held on a date agreed by the Council of the Purse but no later than the next scheduled crown event per 8.1, with consideration given to broad accessibility to compete in the tournament where travel restrictions may be in effect.

Coronation

Coronation (with Royal Heirs)

1. If there are Royal Heirs, the Kingdom Seneschal and the reigning Crown shall prepare and have published a proclamation announcing the orderly succession of the Crown.
2. The proclamation shall be made and dated within 14 days of the cancelled Coronation event, submitted for publication in the next edition of Pegasus and distributed to the populace via the territorial baronages and group seneschals.

Coronation (without Royal Heirs)

1. If there are no Royal Heirs, the current Crown will continue their reign until a Crown Tournament and successive Coronation can be scheduled as per 8.6.2.
2. If the current Crown are not willing to extend their term, a Regency is to be established as per 3.2.5.