26 SECOND REFEREE

26.1 LOCATION
The second referee performs his/her functions standing at the post outside the playing court on the opposite side of and facing the first referee (Diagram 6).
26.2 AUTHORITY
26.2.1 The second referee is the assistant of the first referee, but has also his/her own range of jurisdiction (Rule 26.3 below). Should the first referee be unable to continue officiating, the second referee may replace him/her.
26.2.2 The second referee may, without whistling, also signal faults outside his/her jurisdiction, but must not persist in such signals to the first referee.
26.2.3 The second referee supervises the work of the scorer.
26.2.4 The second referee authorizes the time-outs and court switches, controls the duration of
such and rejects improper requests.
26.2.5 The second referee checks the number of time-outs used by each team and reports to
the first referee and the players concerned after completion of their time-out in each
applicable set.
26.2.6 In the case of an injury of a player, the second referee authorizes recovery time (Rule 21.1.2).
26.2.7 The second referee checks during the match that the balls still meet the requirements of
the regulations.
26.3 RESPONSIBILITIES
26.3.1 During the match, the second referee decides, whistles and signals:
a) the faulty contact of the player with the lower part of the net and the antenna on the
second referee’s side of the court (Rule 15.3.1),
b) interference due to penetration into the opponent’s court and space under the net (Rule 15.2),
c) the ball that crosses the net totally or partly outside the crossing space to opponent court
or touches the antenna on their side of the court (Rule 11.4),
d) the contact of the ball with an outside object (Rule 11.4).
26.3.2 At the end of the match, he/she signs the scoresheet.