Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Official Handbook 2019

4 Constitution, Rules & Playing Conditions 25  The Bassetlaw & District Cricket League Shaded Areas denote amendments from the previous year.  Italics denote rules which apply only to the Championship.  Constitution, Rules & Playing Conditions 1 Constitution 1.1  Name  This combination shall be known as the Bassetlaw & District Cricket League.  1.2  Purpose  To foster and promote participation in the sport of Cricket within the  Bassetlaw Community.  To organise cricket clubs who wish to participate into  an appropriate number of Divisions plus Cup Competitions and to manage  these competitions and arrangements.  1.3  Affiliation  1.3.1 The League requires that all clubs playing in the Bassetlaw & District Cricket  League are affiliated to the England and Wales Cricket Board through a  primary affiliation to the County Cricket Board in which they reside.  Clubs  which reside outside of Nottinghamshire are able to secure a secondary  affiliation to the NCB on a purely voluntary basis.  The League Treasurer will  act as an intermediary between clubs and the country boards, collecting all  monies as required.  1.3.2 The League requires that its member clubs shall ensure that members abide  by the Laws of Cricket and playing and non‐playing members abide by the  League’s Code of Conduct which incorporates the Spirit of Cricket.  1.3.3 The League requires that all its member clubs shall adopt and implement the  ECB ‘Safe Hands – Cricket’s Policy for Safeguarding Children’ and any future  versions of the policy.  1.3.4 The League requires that all its member clubs shall adopt and implement the  ECB Cricket Equality Policy and any future versions of this policy.  1.4  Membership  1.4.1 Applications from clubs desiring admission to the League must be in writing  and received by the League Secretary by the last day of March in the year  preceding that in which they wish to take part.

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