Lancashire League Handbook 2024

LCL Handbook 2024 49 To attend the hearing To state their case (in the case of a Club, by its Secretary or other official) To be supported by a colleague and to call witnesses 5.5 If the player or Club is to have representation present at the hearing them the details of that representationmust be given to the Discipline Chairman not less than 48 hours before the date of the hearing. 5.6 The Hearing shall be conducted by a Disciplinary Panel 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 player, Club or their opponents at the time of the alleged breach, or a Club which might directly benefit from any disciplinary action. The Disciplinary Panel may be assisted by the League’s Honorary Solicitor. 5.7 A Club or player involved in disciplinary proceedings will be solely responsible for meeting such costs or expenses as it or they may incur, including the cost of any legal or other representation. 5.8 The standard of proof shall be on the balance of probabilities rather than the criminal standard of beyond reasonable doubt. 6. PENALTIES 6.1 As a guideline, the following penalties should be expected to be imposed for any complaint referred and, if appropriate, proved at a disciplinary hearing: – Level 1 2 to 6 matches Level 2 3 to 8 matches Level 3 4 to 10 matches Level 4 A minimum of 10 matches played under the auspices of the ECB. 6.2 Where applicable, penalties will be carried over to apply in the following season. 6.3 Where the complaint is not referred to Disciplinary Hearing, repeated infringements, listed on umpires’reports, by an individual player or by a Club may still result in additional penalties as laid out in 6.4 below. 6.4 If at a hearing a breach of the Code of Conduct is proved, the Disciplinary Panel shall have the power to impose one or more of the following penalties, together with such order as to costs as it deems appropriate: In the case of a player: – To require the player to submit appropriate letter(s) of apology within a specified time To record a reprimand and give a warning as to future conduct To impose a fine, not to exceed £500 To suspend the player for one or more matches, or for a stated period of time