Lancashire League Handbook 2025

LCL Handbook 2025 44 be determined by the League Executive Registration Committee [LERC] – (A committee comprised of members of the Executive and / or such club representatives from the League Management committee as are co- opted onto the LERC from time to time as and when necessary. The Registration Secretarywill notify clubs of the procedure to be adopted by the LERC from time to time and will notify clubs of any changes to the procedure if required 2.1. All Amateur Players when first registered must use the prescribed form, which will contain - a declaration confirming amateur status to be signed by the player and be countersigned by the Chairman or Secretary of the Club. - details of any recorded or unrecorded Discipline matters or bans / suspensions from cricket that the player has received for the preceding three seasons. The players details on the application form must be input to “playcricket.com ”prior to the form being sent to the Registration Secretary who on receipt will consider approving the application provided they consider the registration to be in order. The player may take part in any match after the expiry of seven days of the Registration Secretary receiving the Registration Form, but the responsibility for the necessary qualifications of the player, as defined in Rule D1.1, remains for all time on the Club playing them, and the act of registration does not absolve the Club from the penalties attached to playing an unqualified player. Should the registration of a player be a matter for decision by the LERC under either this rule or Rule D3 if the decision is favourable to the Player, they may be played by their Club immediately, without any waiting period. The applicant shall be asked to attend if the LERC so desire and shall furnish such information and in such form as the LERC may require. Amateurs registered after July 31st shall not be eligible to play in any Senior League game during the season of registration. 2.2. Notwithstanding any other provisions in these rules the Registration Secretary shall have no power to register any Player who, after an official enquiry, shall have been judged guilty by any organisation affiliated, directly or indirectly, to the Lancashire Cricket Board and/ or the League Cricket Conference of such conduct as to have justified their expulsion or suspension from the said organisation or the imposition of any other penalty other than a caution and/or warning as to their future conduct until the period of such expulsion or