Lancashire League Handbook 2024

GENERAL CONDUCT REGULATIONS FOR RECREATIONAL CRICKET 2024 02 6. Cricket organisations can adopt a more streamlined procedure for low-level offences, i.e. on-field offences at Level 1 and Level 2. This will involve a single adjudicator considering whether there has been a breach of the Regulations and, if so, what sanctions should be imposed. 7. Where the offence is more serious, the disciplinary officer will select a disciplinary panel to consider the matter at a hearing. 8. A disciplinary hearing must comply with relevant procedural rules, principles and considerations in order to ensure that there is a fair hearing and consistent administration of justice across the sport. 9. The Regulations are accompanied by guidance to assist cricket organisations to administer the disciplinary process. The guidance appears in Appendix 4 and where there is specific guidance in respect of a particular Regulation, a note appears under the relevant Regulation. DEFINITIONS 1. In these Regulations, the following expressions shall have the following meanings: Adjudicator – means an individual (who may be one of a group of individuals) appointed by a Relevant Cricket Organisation to have responsibility for the Summary Procedure. Appeal Body – means the body appointed by a Relevant Cricket Organisation under Regulation 2(d) who is responsible for dealing with appeals. Appeal Hearing – means the hearing at which an appeal will be determined. Appeal Panel – means a panel of 3 people, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, appointed to deal with any appeal against a decision of an Adjudicator or Disciplinary Panel in accordance with these Regulations. Appeal Panel Chair – means the appointed chair of an Appeal Panel. Appellant – means an individual, Club or League which has issued an appeal to an Appeal Body in respect of a decision by an Adjudicator or Disciplinary Panel. CDC Regulations – means the Cricket Discipline Commission Regulations, as amended and in force from time to time. Charge Letter – means a letter or email outlining the charge(s) to a Respondent. The Charge Letter shall be in the form which appears at Appendix 2 or contain substantially the same categories of information as a minimum. Club – means a club which participates in Relevant Recreational Cricket and is affiliated to a County Cricket Board. Club Official – means any official of a Club, as listed on their website or official Club documentation, acting in an official capacity at a match. County Cricket Board – means a body designated as a County Cricket Board or County Club by the ECB which is responsible for the organisation of recreational cricketing activity and the development of cricket generally within a county and such other areas (if any) as may be agreed by the ECB. Disciplinary Officer – means an individual (who may be one of a group of individuals) appointed by a Relevant Cricket Organisation to have responsibility for the disciplinary process under these Regulations when that Relevant Cricket Organisation is acting as the Relevant Disciplinary Body and/or Appeal Body. Disciplinary Panel – means a panel of 3 people, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, appointed to deal with a disciplinary charge at a Hearing in accordance with these Regulations.