Lancashire League Handbook 2022

36 4.1. No League Club Professional shall be engaged (or be approached with a view to engagement) by another League Club for the following season until after the League meeting in July each year, on and after which date any Club may approach and engage any professional subject to the following conditions: (a) At the said League meeting in July each club must inform the League Committee of its intentions with regard to its current Professional confirming in particular: Whether or not it wishes to retain the services of its current Professional and, if so, whether or not a written offer of re-engagement has been made to that Professional and, if so, on what date and whether such offer is for a term of at least one year and at a remuneration of not less than the Professional is currently receiving. (b) In the event of a Professional having received such an offer declining to remain with his current Club and engaging with another League Club, the Club so engaging him shall pay such sum specified at the previous AGM under Rule B5(e)(iii) to the Club the Professional is leaving. 5. PROFESSIONALS MISCONDUCT 5.1. Any Club may without prejudice to any other action right or remedy it may enjoy refer to a meeting of the League Committee any alleged breach of a Professional Agreement to which it is or was party. Such references shall bemade inwriting addressed to the League Secretary and a copy thereof shall be sent to the Professional alleged to have breached the Agreement. The Club shall advise the Professional of his right to submit written representations to the League Committee regarding the alleged breach and/or to attend at a League Committee meeting (either personally or in his absence by his accredited representative). The 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