Bassetlaw and District Cricket League Official Handbook 2021

Disciplinary Regulations Document E P a g e | 18 18.3 A notice of an appeal to a Level 3 or 4 offence, setting out the grounds for appeal, must be given in writing to the Chair of the NCDG within seven days of the decision of the NCDG being communicated in writing, together with a deposit of £75 if the appeal is by a player or £150 if the appeal is by a club. 18.4 If a notice of appeal is given, the penalty shall not take effect pending the hearing of the Appeal, which shall take place as soon as is practicable and in any event within 14 days of receipt of notice of the appeal. Non-attendance at the original hearing, unless for good and valid reason verified by the Chair of the Countywide Discipline Panel, will forfeit the club or players’ right of appeal. 18.5 The Appeal shall be by way of a new hearing before a different panel. The Appeals Panel shall be appointed by the NCDG Chair, or Vice-Chair, whomever did not chair the first hearing, and shall consist of two other persons drawn from a list approved by the NCDG Chair. None of the Panel should be connected to the individual or the club or their opponents, or a club that might directly benefit from any disciplinary action or have been a member of the original Disciplinary Panel. The participant shall have the same rights of attendance and representation, and to call witnesses as they had before the Disciplinary Panel. 18.6 If the club or players are to have representation present at the hearing then the details of that representation must be given to the Appeals Chair less than seven days before the date of the hearing. 18.7 Non-attendance at a hearing of the Appeals Panel by the club or person that submitted the appeal without good and valid reason for such non-attendance will automatically result in forfeiture of their right of appeal. 18.8 The Appeals Panel may confirm, vary, or reverse the decision of the Disciplinary Panel and it shall have the power to increase the sanction and award costs of the Appeal hearing and forfeit the whole or part of the deposit, minus any expenses incurred. Decisions of the Appeal Panel shall be by majority vote; where necessary, the Chair shall have a casting vote. 18.9 The decision of the Appeals Panel or, if no appeal, of the Disciplinary Panel, shall be final and binding. 19 Non-Payment of Fines 19.1 Any fine levied must be paid to the Treasurer of the League within 28 days of the club being notified of such fine. 19.2 Any fines still outstanding at the end of that 28-day period shall be increased by 100% of the original fine. At the end of that period the Secretary or Chair of the offending club shall be notified to the effect that the fine is outstanding and given a reminder that if after a further period of 14 days from that reminder, the fine is still outstanding, a deduction of five points shall be made in regard to the team from which the fine arose (or, if the fine does not arise from a particular team, the club’s first team).