Lancashire League Handbook 2021

43 actions or penalties as it sees fit. 6.6.1 Where a representative and/or witness (es) behaves inappropriately or fails to respect the formality at any level during a Disciplinary Hearing this can be dealt with under the Code by having a separate hearing. 6.7 The Disciplinary Panel shall have the power to suspend the operation of any part, or all, of the penalty it imposes for such period and subject to such terms and conditions it deems appropriate. 6.8 Decisions of the Disciplinary Panel (a finding that complaint is proved or not proved or a decision on penalty) shall be by majority vote; where necessary the Disciplinary Panel Chairman shall have a casting vote. 6.9 The League shall report match bans in writing to the relevant Club’s County Board for national circulation. Players should understand that match bans will normally apply to all cricket played under the auspices of ECB. The ECB Premier Leagues will also recognise suspensions from other Leagues. 7. APPEALS 7.1 Appeals shall only be allowed against an automatic ban instigated for a Level 1 or 2 offence on the grounds of mistaken identity, misrepresentation or failure of the umpires to follow the procedures in paragraph 4 above. 7.2 Where a breach of the Code of Conduct has been proved at a Disciplinary Hearing, a player or Club shall have the right of appeal. Where a player and his Club are appealing in relation to the same incident, they must do so separately. 7.3 A notice of appeal setting out the grounds must be given in writing to the Discipline Chairman within seven days of the decision of the Disciplinary Panel, together with a deposit of £100 if the appeal is by a player or £250 of the appeal is by a Club. 7.4 If a notice of appeal is given, the penalty shall not take effect pending the hearing of theAppeal, which will take place as soon as is practicable and in any event within 14 days of receipt of notice of the appeal. 7.5 The Appeal shall be by way of a new hearing before a different Panel. The Appeal Panel shall be appointed by the Discipline Chairman and shall consist of not fewer than three persons and not more than five persons drawn from a list approved by the League’s Management Committee. None of the Panel should be connected with the individual or the Club or their opponents, or a Club which might directly benefit from any disciplinary action or have been a member of the original Disciplinary Panel. 7.6 The player or Club shall have the same entitlements as set out in paragraph 5.4 above. 7.7 If the player or Club is to have representation present at the hearing then the details of that representation must be given to the Discipline Chairman not less than 7 days before the date of the hearing. 7.8 Non-attendance at a hearing of the Appeals Panel by the Club or person