Lancashire League Handbook 2025

LCL Handbook 2025 240 12 Appeal identifies sufficient grounds for an appeal. The Appeal Panel Chair will notify the Respondent (and, where applicable, the Respondent’s Club) and the Disciplinary Officer of the Relevant Disciplinary Body of their decision in writing. 43. Where the Appeal Panel Chair rejects the Notice of Appeal, the Respondent may refer the matter to a Recreational Discipline Panel Chair for review of that decision, via the Recreational Discipline Panel Secretary, by sharing the Notice of Appeal and Appeal Panel Chair’s written decision by email to RecreationalDiscipline@cricketregulator.co.uk within 3 days of receipt of the decision. 44. The Recreational Discipline Panel Chair will confirm within 7 days whether it will accept the request. The Recreational Discipline Panel Chair is under no obligation to accept the Respondent’s request, whether on the basis that the request does not disclose sufficient information to suggest that the Appeal Panel Chair’s decision was wrong, has not been submitted in respect of an Appeal Body that falls under the jurisdiction of the ECB or otherwise. 45. If the Recreational Discipline Panel Chair does not accept the request, the Appeal Panel Chair’s decision stands and there is no further right of review or appeal. 46. If the Recreational Discipline Panel Chair accepts the request, they will move on to review the Appeal Panel Chair’s decision on the basis of the written documents only. If the Recreational Discipline Panel Chair determines that, on the balance of probabilities, the Notice of Appeal identifies sufficient grounds for an appeal, the Recreational Discipline Panel Chair will remit the matter back to the Disciplinary Officer of the Appeal Body, who must proceed to arrange for the appeal to be heard in accordance with Regulation 48. If the Recreational Discipline Panel Chair decidesagainst theRespondent, theAppealPanelChair’sdecisionstandsand there is no further right of review or appeal. 47. Where a Recreational Discipline Panel Chair remits a matter back to be heard as an appeal following the decision ofan Appeal Panel Chair not to allowan appeal to proceed, an alternative Appeal Panel Chair must be appointed from that which rejected the appeal under Regulation 43. 48. If there are sufficient grounds for an appeal, or if required by Regulation 46, the Disciplinary Officer of the Appeal Body will appoint an Appeal Panel and arrange an Appeal Hearing. No individual who was appointed as the Adjudicator or as a member of the original Disciplinary Panel or who has otherwise been involved in the case will be appointed to the Appeal Panel, save that the Appeal Panel Chair that allowed the appeal to proceed to an Appeal Hearing following review of the Notice of Appeal may be a member of the Appeal Panel. The Disciplinary Officer of the Appeal Body will confirm to the Appellant the identity of the Appeal Panel members, where and when the Appeal Hearing will take place and, if the Appeal Hearing will takeplacevirtually rather than inperson,bywhatmeans. If theAppellant is unable toattend the Appeal Hearing at that date or time, the Disciplinary Officer of the Appeal Body will attempt to reschedule the Appeal Hearing. See Appendix 4, guidance note 14 for further information. 49. Unless otherwise determined by the Appeal Panel Chair (following consideration of any written submissions from the Respondent), any sanction imposed by an Adjudicator or Disciplinary Panelwillnotcome intoeffectuntil theappealhasbeendetermined. 50. If the Respondent objects to any member of the Appeal Panel on the basis of a conflict of interest, it will be resolved by the Appeal Panel Chair unless the potential conflict has been raised in respect of the Appeal Panel Chair in which case the Disciplinary Officer will consider whether to appoint an alternative Appeal Panel Chair to consider the conflict of interest and/or