Lancashire League Handbook 2025

LCL Handbook 2025 237 9 requested by the Cricket Regulator. 17. If the Referral is of sufficient complexity, in accordance with Regulation 18 below, the Disciplinary Officer may request the Cricket Regulator to investigate and prosecute the case on behalf of the Relevant Disciplinary Body. The Disciplinary Officer must share the Referral with the Cricket Regulator by email to RecreationalDiscipline@cricketregulator.co.uk and the Cricket Regulator will confirm within 7 days whether it will accept the Referral. The Cricket Regulator is under no obligation to accept the Referral,whether on the basis that the Referraldoes not meet the applicable threshold, has not been submitted by a Relevant Disciplinary Body which falls under the jurisdiction of the ECB or otherwise. If the Cricket Regulator does not accept the Referral, the Disciplinary Officer must adopt the process set out in these Regulations. 18. For the purposes of Regulation 17, the following cases will be considered to be of sufficient complexity for the Disciplinary Officer to share the Referral with the Cricket Regulator: (i) allegations of breaches of the ECB’s Anti-Discrimination Regulations which are complex and/or at the upper end of the scale of seriousness; (ii) cases with police involvement and/or involving a Reportable Criminal Offence; (iii) cases which require specialist expertise, such as legal or safeguarding expertise; or (iv) cases which do not fall into categories (i) to (iii) above but the Disciplinary Officer nevertheless considers to be of significant complexity to justify the Cricket Regulator investigating and prosecuting the case, in which case the Cricket Regulator will determine whether the case reasonably requires the involvement of the Cricket Regulator. In determining whether to accept a Referral, the Cricket Regulator will consider whether it has jurisdiction to act in terms of whether the alleged misconduct took place on or around the field of play, or relates to a Participant’s participation in Relevant Recreational Cricket or is of a sufficiently serious nature to justify disciplinary action being taken in relation to their participation in Relevant Recreational Cricket. Disciplinary process for all cases save those referred under Regulation 17 (complex or serious) 19. Following receipt of a Referral, a Disciplinary Officer must consider whether there is sufficient information and/or grounds to charge the relevant Participant with a breach of these Regulations. If further information is required, the Disciplinary Officer will conduct any further investigation that is necessary. 20. If there is sufficient information and/or grounds, the Disciplinary Officer will issue a Charge Letter to the Respondent or the Respondent’s Club to share with the Respondent. If there is not, theDisciplinaryOfficerwill inform the individualwhosubmitted theReferral thatno further action will be taken. 21. If the Disciplinary Officer decides that the matter does not require a Hearing, the Disciplinary Officer may refer the matter to be considered under the Summary Procedure and the process in Regulations 22-28 will apply. If the Disciplinary Officer decides that the matter does require a Hearing, the process in Regulations 29-39 will apply. See Appendix 4, guidance notes 7, 8 and D for further information. Summary Procedure 22. The Disciplinary Officer must provide the Charge Letter to the Adjudicator. If the Adjudicator considers that the matter is not appropriate for the Summary Procedure, the Adjudicator can refer the matter for a Hearing, in which case the process in Regulations 29-39 will apply but the Adjudicator will not form part of the Disciplinary Panel.