Lancashire League Handbook 2025

LCL Handbook 2025 258 30 J. An Appeal Body may stipulate how an Appeal Hearing will typically proceed, provided that the Appeal Panel Chair will have the power to alter these directions in appropriate circumstances. K. An Appeal Body may stipulate a different limit for any award of costs. 15. Disclosure of Relevant Criminal Offences (Regulation 11) 15.1. In instances wherea Participant discloses a Relevant Criminal Offence, in accordance with Regulation 11, the Relevant Cricket Organisation receiving that disclosed information must abide by its duty of confidentiality and all applicable data protection laws. 15.2. Any Relevant CriminalOffence should bedisclosed to the Club Safeguarding Officer in the first instance and, if that Club Safeguarding Officer has any concerns in relation to the handling of the matters disclosed, they should escalate it only to theCounty Safeguarding Officer. Such matters should only be disclosed beyond those two people and discussed at committee level in complex cases and only following discussion and agreement with the County Safeguarding Officer. The ECB’s Safe Hands Training Course provides further information on this. 15.3. Full information about the relevant ECB contacts for referring any safeguarding concerns can be found here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/about/policies/safeguarding . 16. Data Protection 16.1. TheUKGDPRand theData ProtectionAct2018are theprimarydataprotection legislation in the United Kingdom. It is a legal requirement for all Relevant Cricket Organisations (including Disciplinary Panels and Appeal Panels) to comply with data protection law whenprocessingpersonaldata. IfRelevantCricketOrganisationsdonotcomplywith their obligations under data protection law, the Information Commissioner can impose various sanctions on the Relevant Cricket Organisation including preventing the use of the personal data and/or imposing a significant financial penalty on the Relevant Cricket Organisation.RelevantCricketOrganisationsmaywish toobtain independent legaladvice to ensure they meet their obligations. 16.2. The UK GDPR provides that, where personal data is obtained, the person or organisation receiving the personal data must provide transparency information (usually referred to as a ‘privacy notice’) to each individual whose personal data is received. If the data is not receiveddirectly from the individual (asmaybe thecase following receiptofaDisciplinary Report or Written Complaint), the person or organisation receiving the personal data must provide the privacy notice within a reasonable period following receipt of the data and, in any event, within one month. What amounts to “reasonable” will depend on the circumstances, but as a general principle, the Relevant Disciplinary Body should take all steps to communicate with the data subject (about whom personal data is received in a Disciplinary Report or Written Complaint) as soon as is reasonably practicable, providing the privacy notice with the communication, to ensure compliance. 16.3. All Relevant Cricket Organisations will need to include appropriate references to the Regulations and its provisions in their respective privacy notices to ensure that they comply with transparency obligations in data protection law when collecting, processing and/or sharing personal data as a result of handling disciplinary matters. The UK GDPR providesa listofwhat informationmust be included ina privacy notice, but in thecontext of these Regulations it will be important to explain the collection, processing, disclosure and use of information relating to the particular individual and their activities. In particular, this should address the conduct of any applicable disciplinary procedures and any associated issuing and recognition of penalties. Independent legal advice should be sought on this point where necessary. 16.4. A template privacy notice, which can be adopted and amended as appropriate for use by