Lancashire League Handbook 2025

LCL Handbook 2025 228 March 2025 Cricket Regulator. There will be a right of appeal against any such decision to an independent appeal panel. • If the Cricket Regulatordoesnot accept the referral, the Disciplinary Officer will dealwith the matter in accordance with the normal process under the GCR/RCR (i.e. investigating the alleged misconduct themselves and deciding whether to issue charges). Review of Notices of Appeal – GCR only • Under the GCR, the Disciplinary Officer of an Appeal Body is no longer responsible for carrying out an initial review of Notices of Appeal to check that they identify sufficient grounds for an appeal. Instead, when a Notice of Appeal is received the Disciplinary Officershould appoint an Appeal PanelChair toconduct this review instead.Thischange is designed to provide greater independence to the appeal process. • Where an Appeal Panel Chair rejects a Notice of Appeal such that the appeal cannot proceed to be heard, a Participant may apply to the Cricket Regulator for this decision to be reviewed by a chair of the independent panel organised by the Cricket Regulator. Ability for Appeals to be Reviewed by an Independent Panel • There is now an ability for Participants who have unsuccessfully appealed against sanctions imposed by a first instance decision-maker under the GCR or RCR to apply to the Cricket Regulator for an independent panel to be organised to review the rejected appeal. • The sole ground on which such a request can be made is that there was a serious procedural irregularityaffecting theappealdecision-maker’sdecisionwhichsignificantly impacted the Participant’s rights and caused the appeal decision to be unjust. • This is intended to ensure that Participants who consider that their appeals have been improperly dismissed have the ability to appeal to an independent panel. Match Bans & Recognition of Sanctions • It has been clarified that any ban imposed will apply to an individual’s next match (or matches), regardless of which competition the breach occurred in. • Theapplicabilityofsanctionsprovisionhasbeenbroadened tomakeclear thatsanctions imposed under any of the GCR, RCR, ECB GCR or the ECB’s Disciplinary Procedure Regulations must be recognised and enforced by all Participants and cricket organisations that are notified of such sanctions. Terminology Updates • Various terminology has been amended in the GCR and RCR to reflect updates across all ECBRegulations.Forexample,CountyCricketBoardsarenowreferred toasRecreational Cricket Boards, First-Class Counties are now Professional County Clubs and the Anti- Discrimination Code has become the Anti-Discrimination Regulations. • Relevant terminology to reflect the newwomen’s domesticstructure (Tiers 1 – 3) has also been included. Queries If you have any questions about these changes, please speak to your usual ECB contact who will beabletodirectyourquerytothemostappropriateperson.Thankyou foryourcontinuingsupport to create a strong, vibrant and inclusive game.