Lancashire League Handbook 2019

33 League Committee shall consider any representations made to it and, in the absence of the representative of the Club referring the alleged breach and of the Professional or his representative, it shall decide whether the allegation is well-founded. If the League Committee shall so determine it may order that no Club shall engage as a Professional the Professional found to have breached his Agreement for such period as the League Committee considers reasonable. 5.2. If in the opinion of a majority of the Clubs attending a League Committee meeting a Professional shall be guilty of any conduct or behaviour (either on or off the field of play) likely to injure the reputation of the Lancashire Cricket League the Professional shall be invited to attend at the next convenient meeting of the League Committee to answer the allegations made. Such invitation shall be sent in writing to the Professional and shall specify the complaint made and shall advise the Professional of his right to submit written replies to the allegations in addition to his right to attend before the League Committee. A copy of any communication to the Professional shall be delivered to the Representative of the Club whose Professional he is. 5.3. If having considered all matters canvassed in regard to the matter a majority of Clubs attending the meeting decide that the allegation is well founded the League Committee may impose upon the Professional such financial penalty as it shall consider reasonable in all the circumstances or, if at least two thirds of the Clubs constituting the League so determine, the League Committee may debar the professional from taking any part in any match promoted and/ or organised by it for such period as it may stipulate. PROFESSIONAL BECOMING AMATEUR (See SECTION D RULE 7) SECTION D - AMATEURS 1. AMATEUR QUALIFICATION 1.1. An amateur player in the League must possess at least one of the following qualifications: a. BIRTH. i.e. The deciding factor shall be the main residence of the Parents at the time of birth, in the opinion of the League Executive, within the area covered by the League or having passed the whole of his youth from 14 to 21 years of age therein. b. RESIDENCE. i.e. Actual bona-fide residence in the area covered by the League for not less than 12 months immediately preceding date of registration. This qualification when once acquired shall hold good in the case of a player who, after a period of absence, returns to resume residence in the area covered by the League and decides to resume playing connection with the Club he last played for. A player who has possessed a residential qualification for at least ten years, and who loses that qualification by removal to a new residence within a reasonable distance from his old Club, may apply to the League Committee for permission to continue to play with that Club. This permission shall