Lancashire League Handbook 2025

LCL Handbook 2025 244 16 Discipline Panel Chair considers appropriate. 80. In exceptional circumstances, the Recreational Discipline Panel Chair may suspend a Respondent from participating in cricket until the Hearing has concluded. If so, the Recreational Discipline Panel Chair will give the Respondent the opportunity to give written submissions on why it would be inappropriate to suspend the Respondent and consider those submissions before making any decision. Any suspension which has been ordered by the Recreational DisciplinePanelChair(orotherwise issued)willbetaken intoaccountbytheRecreationalDiscipline Panelwhen considering what sanctions to impose in accordance with Regulation 83. 81. At the outset of any Hearing, the Recreational Discipline Panel Chair will confirm how the RecreationalDiscipline Panel would like the Hearing to proceed, and in particular how the case should be presented (and by whom).The Respondent (or their representative)will be entitled to provide oral submissions at the Hearing if they wish to do so. 82. At the end of any Hearing, the Recreational Discipline Panel will consider the charge (in private) and determine whether, on the balance of probabilities, there has been a breach of these Regulations. Any decision of the Recreational Discipline Panel will be taken by majority vote, with the Recreational Discipline Panel Chair having a casting vote in the event of a tie. 83. If the Recreational Discipline Panel decides that there has been a breach of these Regulations, it will impose a sanction in accordance with the sanction guidelines in Appendix 3. 84. Unless otherwise stipulated in the Recreational Discipline Panel’s decision, any ban which is imposed by a Recreational Discipline Panel will apply to the Respondent’s next match (or matches) following receipt of the decision by the Respondent or Respondent’s Club, whichever is sooner, regardless of whether the match is in an ECB Competition. 85. Unlessthe RecreationalDisciplinePaneldirectsotherwise,thepartieswillbeartheirowncostsof preparing for and attending a Hearing. 86. Wherever possible, the Recreational Discipline Panel Chair will communicate the decision and anysanction to theparties verballyat theendof theHearing.TheRecreationalDisciplinePanel’s decision will also be confirmed to the parties (and, where applicable, the Respondent’s Club) in writing following the Hearing. APPEALS PROCESS FOR CASES REFERRED TO THE CRICKET REGULATOR UNDER REGULATION 17 (COMPLEX OR SERIOUS) 87. Subject to Regulation 68(ii), any decision made by a Recreational Discipline Panel may be appealed by the Respondent. In order to commence an appeal, the Appellant must submit: (a) a Notice of Appeal; and (b) a fee of £125 to cover the standard administrative costs of the Recreational Appeal Panel; to the Recreational Discipline Panel Secretary within 7 days of receipt of the decision in writing. 88. The Notice of Appeal must contain at least one of the following grounds of appeal: (a) the Recreational Discipline Panel came to a decision to which no reasonable body could have come; (b) there was a serious procedural irregularity, which includes the Recreational Discipline Panelnot following theproceduresetout in these Regulations, inawaywhichsignificantly impacted the Appellant’s rights and caused the decision to be unjust; (c) there is fresh evidence (in which case the Notice of Appeal must state why the evidence could not be presented at the original Hearing or before the original decision was made and is, or would have been, material to the decision); and/or