Lancashire League Handbook 2025

LCL Handbook 2025 254 26 aware of and consented to this video footage and/or photographs). We refer to the ECB Live Streaming Guidance, which can be found here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/about/policies/regulations/recreational-cricket . 5.3. A Relevant Disciplinary Body may become aware of a potential or alleged breach of these Regulations by other means than a Disciplinary Report or Written Complaint, for example by identifying an inappropriate social media post which has not been independently referred to it. Notwithstanding the fact that the Relevant Disciplinary Body has not received a Disciplinary Report or Written Complaint, the Relevant Disciplinary Body may consider this conduct in accordance with the process set out in these Regulations. 5.4. Relevant Cricket Organisations may wish to stipulate in the version of these Regulations that they adopt, that there should be a deadline for Disciplinary Reports to be made. 5.5. Where an action (or inaction) is determined to be “ prejudicial to the interests of cricket ” and therefore a breach of the Regulations, this means it is an act (or omission) not covered byanyof the breaches listedspecifically inRegulations5,6(a)-(b),7(a)-(d),7(f),11(a)- (f), or 11(h)-(i) but is an act (or omission) that a reasonable person would consider detrimental to the ethos, reputation and/or environment of the game. Examples of this may include 'running a book’ on outcomes or having a sponsor that is banned through other advertising policies. C. Relevant Cricket Organisations can impose more rigorous conduct obligations for captains or Clubs iftheywish.However,theycannot impose lessrigorousconductobligations forcaptains or Clubs than are set out in these Regulations. 6. Social Media (Regulation 14) 6.1. Posting, repeating, commenting, or supporting posts or comments by others that breach the Regulations may itself constitute a breach of the Regulations. For example, liking or otherwise promoting or supporting a comment that breaches the ECB’s Anti- Discrimination Regulations is likely to result in a breach of the Regulations not only for the person who posted the comment in the first place but also for any Participant who supports that post. 6.2. If a Participant is alleged to have breached Regulations 11-13 as a result of having liked or supported a discriminatory comment but claims that someone else logged into their social media account to submit that “like” (or other supportive comment/gesture), this will not necessarily prevent regulatory action being taken but should be taken into account by the Adjudicator or Disciplinary Panel. 7. Responsibilities of a Disciplinary Officer (Regulations 16, 19-21 and 29) 7.1. Following receipt of a Referral, the Disciplinary Officer may conduct any further investigation as they deem necessary to limit the chances of vexatious complaints and ensure there is a full understanding of the circumstances in which the complaint arose. 7.2. Once any additional investigation is carried out, if a Disciplinary Officer decides that there issufficient information tocharge theParticipant foranallegedbreachof theRegulations, and the Disciplinary Officer determines it is right to do so having considered the information and evidence provided, the Charge Letter issued may include a charge for a different breach to that detailed in the Referral. D. Relevant Cricket Organisations may decide that all cases should be determined at a Hearing and therefore disapply the Summary Procedure at Regulations 22-28. This should be clearly reflected in the version of the Regulations that the Relevant Cricket Organisation adopts. 8. Summary Procedure (Regulations 22-28) 8.1. RelevantCricketOrganisationsmaydecide that it isnotnecessary for lower-leveloffences