Lancashire League Handbook 2022

39 Committee for permission to have his qualifying period dispensed with or shortened as the League Committee may decide. The applicant shall be asked to attend if the League Committee so desire and shall furnish such information and in such form as the League Committee may require. The League Committee may then in their absolute discretion grant or refuse permission for such Amateur to play for the Club named in his application. Any amateur supplying false information or making any untrue statement to the League Committee under this rule, shall on proof thereof, be forthwith suspended from taking any further part in Lancashire League Cricket, and the Club so playing him shall, unless they satisfy the League Committee that they have acted bona-fide in the matter, be liable to a fine (Category 3 Rule B5(e)), or expulsion from the League, as the League Committee shall decide. In the case of any application made under this rule, the League Committee may specify which matches the applicant may or may not take part in. Any decision of the League Committee under this Rule shall be final. 4. AMATEUR AS PAID OFFICIAL 4.1. Any amateur (actual or qualifying) who accepts a paid official position in connection with any League Club must obtain the consent of the League Committee before playing in any further League match or he will be considered ineligible. No amateur player engaged as a coach at a Club will be permitted to play for the 1st XI of that Club unless he was a bona-fide member of the said Club at the time of his engagement as a coach. For these purposes a bona-fide member is defined as one who has been registered as an amateur player for the said Club for a minimum period of three years immediately before accepting an engagement as coach. 5. AMATEUR AS COUNTY CONTRACTED PLAYER OR APPRENTICE CONTRACTED PLAYER - QUALIFICATION 5.1. Any player registered as an amateur with a Club within the League signing a Professional Agreement form for a County Cricket Club shall none the less retain his amateur status and be eligible to play for that Club providing always that he otherwise remains qualified to play within the League and has paid his Club subscription for the current season before playing for the Club. 5.2. No player falling within this category will be eligible to play for the relevant Club in any League game after the 31st July unless that player has previously played a senior match for the relevant Club in that season and prior to that date nor will he be eligible to play in Round 2 and subsequent rounds of any Cup competition organised by the League unless that player has previously played a senior League or Cup match for the relevant Club in that season. 6. AMATEUR BECOMING PROFESSIONAL 6.1. Any player registered as an amateur with a Club within the League