DISCIPLINE

Boards & Commissions
 

 COMMISSIONS TO DEAL WITH REPORTED PLAYERS AND CLAIMS
 
Disciplinary Boards are selected from the Disciplinary Committee, authorised and acting in accordance with F.A. Rules. Disciplinary Boards have full powers of Council in connection with Disciplinary Matters-their decisions being subject only to appeal to the F.A.
 
All reports concerning players and others officially cautioned, dismissed from the field of play or he reports of misconduct must be submitted in duplicate to the County Secretary by the Referee on the is official forms issued by the County Office.
 
Receipt of these forms is acknowledged by replacement of blank forms. One copy of the Report is sent to the Secretary of the Club of which the reported person is a member. This form must be returned to the County Secretary completed as required within fourteen days of the offence. Failure to do so will result in the Club being fined £20.OD and further automatic action taken in accordance with the Memorandum of Procedures. If the report is not received by the Secretary of the Club within SEVEN days of the offence, he is required to notify the County Secretary immediately. Non-return within the stated period will be treated as an offence.
 
No further copies of this form will be provided except at the discretion of the W.R.C.F.A. The onus is on the Club and the player to retain for information, if so required, a copy of the completed form returned. Subject to the W.R.C.FA. exercising discretion to provide a completed copy written notice is required, setting out all reasons why copy reports are required. Where a report has been requested, there will be an administration charge of £25.00.
 
Where the reported person does not signify that a personal hearing is required, the case will be dealt with on the written reports and the result notified to the person or Club concerned.
 
Where a personal hearing is requested, the player shall pay the deposit fee of £25.00, this fee to be returned to the player if he is found not guilty of the alleged misconduct. In the event of a player being found guilty, the deposit fee of £25.OD is forfeited, and he will be ordered to pay the whole, or part costs of the hearing. Commissions will meet at such times and place as the W.R.C.FA. shall decide. Club Secretaries will be informed when and where the reported players must attend, and the Referees concerned will be notified.
 
Players and Clubs desiring such personal hearings may be called upon to bear such expense of the hearing as the Commissions decide. These costs are additional to any fine or administration charge or deposit fee.
  
Misconduct by a Club, player or official at a Personal Hearing will result in the club, player or official being further charged with bringing the game into disrepute.
 
Fines and/or administration charges imposed upon players and officials by Personal or Non-Personal Boards must be paid by the Club concerned within fourteen days from the date of notification. If payment is not made within the stipulated time an administration charge of £5.00 will be imposed and both the Club and player or official will be placed under suspension until the time and costs are paid.
 
Where a Club has notified the Association in writing that it has not been reimbursed by the player or official and has previously paid the fine to the Association, the player or officials concerned will be placed under suspension until the monies have been paid to the County FA together with an administration fee of £10.00. The player will not be free to play until such time as a written clearance has been received by him from the West Riding County Football Association. Applications for County suspensions on players or officials for non reimbursement of fines to Clubs must be lodged with the West Riding County FA. within 14 days of the date of the receipt, providing the original fine has been paid within the stipulated time or within 14 days from the completion of any suspension imposed. Any other application will only be considered in accordance with FA. Regulations.
 
Any player who plays whilst under suspension or not having paid an outstanding fine will be charged with misconduct in accordance with F.A Rule E.1 to E.3.  Any unpaid fines which are not on the list of Outstanding Fines, are still on record at the County Office and any players playing whilst under County suspension will be fined in accordance with Rule.
 
A Club whose player has been cautioned and found guilty, will be required to pay an administration charge of £8.00 for each caution so imposed and registered.
 
In the event of a player having received five cautions in a current season he shall be charged with continuing misconduct.
 
Any Club whose players or officials are persistently found guilty of misconduct will be censured or fined and may have its affiliation suspended or cancelled.
 
A stamped addressed envelope must be enclosed when sending remittances for all fines and/or administration charges.
 
Payment-Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to the West Riding County F.A. An additional administration charge currently £25.00 will be levied on cheques not honoured by the bank. This Association is not held responsible for cash forwarded through the post.
 

CLAIMS
 
All claims relating to non-fulfillment of match fixtures must be made within 28 days from the date upon which such match fixtures should have been played. The Committee will not consider any claims for non-fulfillment of fixtures until an attempt has been made to settle mutually the dispute. All claims and tines allowed must be paid within 7 days from the date of notification to the County Secretary, otherwise Clubs and Players stand suspended.
 
Where a Club puts forward a Claim against another Club in the same League or Competition, the Management Committee of that League, etc., shall adjudicate on the Claim strictly in accordance with the writer Rules of that Competition and in accordance with the W.R.C.F.A. Regs. relating to Claims. The Management Committee shall award such claim or proportion thereof as is deemed proper and the decision shall be effective, subject to report to and confirmation by the W.R.C.FA. A Referee having a claim against a Club in a League etc., shall claim through the Competition Secretary, and the practice above stated shall operate.
 
All claims must be accompanied by a deposit fee of £5.00 which will be returned if the claim be upheld but added to the amount of claim. No claim of less than £50.00 shall be considered.
 
The following claims are recognised as legitimate and the Commission are given full power to impose the same: expenses of Referees and Linesmen (2nd class travelling expenses), printing and advertising, police and travelling expenses of players (2nd class), when loss of gate money is not claimed. (See later).
 
Clubs may be allowed compensation for loss of gate through broken engagements, three similar matches to form the basis of arriving at the same.
 
Where a League or Competition prefers a Claim against a Club in that Competition, the County PA. shall deal with the case in accordance with W.R.C.F.A. Rules and in the manner prescribed in these details. Claims will only be considered where a League or Competition has a Rule similar to the Rules of this Association.
 
All Claims by Competitions relating to the nonpayment of Entrance Fees, Guarantee Fees, Subscriptions, and/or Cup Entrance Fees, must be made within 28 days of the closing date stipulated for such payment in Rules of the Competition.
 
NOTE
Where a League or Competition suspends a player or club, the suspension is operative only within the limits of that competition
 
Where a County Disciplinary Board suspends a player, official or Club, the suspension is operative in all football governed by the F.A and its cognate associations.
 
Where a League finding is confirmed by the County Association, the suspension becomes an Association suspension.
 
All claims must be paid through the County Secretary in accordance with County Rule.  A Clearance Receipt will then be issued and this alone is evidence of clearance.
 

Players must not take part in matches when under suspension.

 

 

 

 

 
     
     

 

 

 

 

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