Lancashire League Handbook 2025

LCL Handbook 2025 246 18 the sanction guidelines in Appendix 3. If the appeal is dismissed, the sanction imposed by the Recreational Discipline Panel will remain in place. 100. Unless otherwise stipulated in the Recreational Appeal Panel’s decision, any ban which is imposed or maintained by the Recreational Appeal Panel will apply to the Appellant’s next match (or matches) following receipt of the decision by the Appellant or Appellant’s Club, whichever is sooner, regardless of whether the match is in an ECB Competition. 101. The Recreational Appeal Panel Chair will decide whether to make a costs order and whether the appeal fee will be refunded to the Appellant in the event of a successful appeal. Any costs ordered by the Recreational Appeal Panel will be limited to £1,000 (which will be paid on top of the appeal fee referred to in Regulation 87). 102. Wherever possible, the Recreational Appeal Panel Chair will communicate the decision and any sanction to the parties verbally at the end of the Recreational Appeal Hearing. The Recreational Appeal Panel’s decision will also be confirmed to the parties (and, where applicable, the Appellant’sClub) inwriting following the RecreationalAppealHearing. Where a Referral originally came from a League, decisions of the Recreational Appeal Panel may also be provided to the Disciplinary Officer of the relevant Recreational Cricket Board to which the League is affiliated. 103. Any decision of a Recreational Appeal Panel is final and binding and there is no further right of appeal or review. APPLICABILITY OF PENALTIES 104. The Disciplinary Officer of the Relevant Disciplinary Body and/or Appeal Body and the Recreational Discipline Panel Secretary (as applicable) will communicate any sanction imposed or upheld by any Adjudicator, Disciplinary Panel, Appeal Panel, Recreational Discipline Panel, Recreational Appeal Panel or Review Panel under these Regulations to any League that they are aware the Respondent participates in (including any league run by a Recreational Cricket Board) and the Cricket Regulator in respect of any Respondent in Professional Cricket. 105. Any ban which is imposed under these Regulations will be applicable to all cricket, which may require it to be served in a Match (or Matches) which are not in the same league or competition that the disciplinary incident arose in (including in Professional Cricket). 106. All Participants, cricket organisations and the ECB (subject to the specific provisions in the Disciplinary Procedure Regulations) will immediately recognise, give effect to and fully enforce any sanction(s) which have been imposed under these Regulations, the Recreational Conduct Regulations, the ECB GCR or the Disciplinary Procedure Regulations and which they have been notified about. MISCELLANEOUS 107. Where the incident(s) leading to any charge relating to conduct occurred when any other disciplinary regulations were in force, then: (a) the offences which may be charged and the sanctions that may be applied will be determined by the regulations that were in force at the time of the offence; and (b) the process to be followed will be determined by the regulations that were in force when the complaint was first brought to the attention of the Relevant Disciplinary Body. 108. Leagues and Clubs will maintain a record of all disciplinary decisions and, where applicable, sanctions imposed.