Remove the spaces from the following sentence: (a) it is essential to determine promptly the result of a race that will qualify a boat to compete in a later stage of an event or a subsequent event (a national authority may prescribe that its approval is required for such a procedure);
(a)itisessentialtodeterminepromptlytheresultofaracethatwillqualifyaboattocompeteinalaterstageofaneventorasubsequentevent(anationalauthoritymayprescribethatitsapprovalisrequiredforsuchaprocedure);