Lancashire League Handbook 2025

LCL Handbook 2025 231 3 “ Professional County Club ” means any of the clubs and/or companies from time to time listed in Schedule A to the ECB’s articles of association and/or any county cricket club from time to time playing in the County Championship and/or the Tier 1 Competitions and/or the Tier 2 Competitions. “ Professional Cricket ” means cricket activities which are carried out by: (i) the England Men’s or England Women’s teams; (ii) Professional County Clubs or (iii) any Hundred Team. “ Recreational Appeal Hearing ” means the hearing at which an appeal from a decision by a Recreational Discipline Panel will be determined. “ Recreational Appeal Panel ” means a panel of 3 people (unless otherwise agreed by the parties) appointed from the Recreational Discipline Panel Pool to deal with any appeal against a decision of a Recreational Discipline Panel. “ Recreational Appeal Panel Chair ” means any person who has been appointed as a chair of a Recreational Appeal Panel. “ Recreational Conduct Regulations ” means the ECB’s Recreational Conduct Regulations as in force and amended from time to time. “Recreational Cricket Board” means a body designated as a Recreational Cricket Board 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. “ Recreational Discipline Panel ” means a panel of 3 people (unless otherwise agreed by the parties) appointed from the Recreational Discipline Panel Pool to deal with a disciplinary charge at a Hearing occurring from a Referral under Regulation 17. “ Recreational Discipline Panel Chair ” means any person who has been appointed as a chair of a Recreational Discipline Panel. “ Recreational Discipline Panel Pool ” means the group of individuals compiled for the purposes of hearing complex cases referred to the Cricket Regulator under Regulation 17 (including any subsequent appeals), reviewing decisions of Appeal Panel Chairs under Regulation 43 and reviewing decisions of Appeal Panels under Regulation 59. “ Recreational Discipline Panel Secretary ” means any person appointed from time to time to provide administrative assistance to any Recreational Discipline Panel, Recreational Appeal Panel or Review Panel (including the chairs of those panels). The role of the Recreational Discipline Panel Secretary is purely administrative and has no decision-making powers on a Referral, review of a rejection of a Notice of Appeal, appeal from a decision of a Recreational Discipline Panel or Review. “ Referral” means a Disciplinary Report, Written Complaint or any alleged breach of these Regulations which is brought to the attention of the Relevant Disciplinary Body. “ Relevant Cricket Organisations ” means Recreational Cricket Boards, National Counties and ECB Premier Leagues, who are required to adopt these Regulations, and any other cricket organisation which has adopted these Regulations. “ Relevant Criminal Offence ” means any offence against a child, any sexual offence, any violent offence, any drug offence, any public order offence, any offence with an aggravated element, any offence of cruelty against animals and any offence relating to integrity. See Appendix 4, guidance notes 15 and B for further information. “ Reportable Criminal Offence ” means any offence against a child, any sexual offence, any serious violent offence (ABH or above), any drug offence, any public order offence with an aggravated element, any offence involving harassment or stalking and any offence relating to integrity.