▁system ▁went ▁into ▁effect ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁and ▁defined ▁ten ▁different ▁dis ability ▁types ▁that ▁were ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁particip ate ▁on ▁the ▁Par al ym pic ▁level . ▁It ▁required ▁that ▁classification ▁be ▁sport ▁specific , ▁and ▁served ▁two ▁roles . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁was ▁that ▁it ▁determined ▁el ig ibility ▁to ▁particip ate ▁in ▁the ▁sport ▁and ▁that ▁it ▁created ▁specific ▁groups ▁of ▁sports people ▁who ▁were ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁particip ate ▁and ▁in ▁which ▁class . ▁ ▁The ▁IP C ▁left ▁it ▁up ▁to ▁International ▁Feder ations , ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁F E I , ▁to ▁develop ▁their ▁own ▁classification ▁systems ▁within ▁this ▁framework , ▁with ▁the ▁specification ▁that ▁their ▁classification ▁systems ▁use ▁an ▁evidence ▁based ▁approach ▁developed ▁through ▁research . ▁The ▁fourth ▁edition ▁of ▁F E I ' s ▁classification ▁system ▁guide ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁Classification ▁process ▁and ▁govern ance ▁ ▁Classification ▁at ▁the ▁national ▁level ▁is ▁handled ▁by ▁different ▁organizations . ▁ ▁For ▁example , ▁Australian ▁para - e quest rian ▁sport ▁and ▁classification ▁is ▁managed ▁by ▁the ▁national ▁sport ▁feder ation ▁with ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁Australian ▁Par al ym pic ▁Committee . ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁three ▁types ▁of ▁classification ▁available ▁for ▁Australian ▁compet itors : ▁Pro vis ional , ▁national ▁and ▁international . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁is ▁for ▁club ▁level ▁compet itions , ▁the ▁second ▁for ▁state ▁and ▁national ▁compet itions , ▁and ▁the ▁third ▁for ▁international ▁compet itions . ▁ ▁During