Strathmore Cricket Union Handbook 2001

9 (i) payment in cash or in kind; (ii) accommodation whether free, subsidised, or otherwise assisted; (iii) employment, whether full-timeor part-time; (iv) payment inwhole or in part of fares to theUnitedKingdom, or to Scotland, from that player’s place of abode; (v) expensesexceeding thescaleprescribedbelow. (a) Aclubshallbeentitledtopayexpensestoanyplayertodefray the cost to that player of travelling between the club’s home groundandtheawayground,withoutthatplayerbeingdeemed to be a paid player. (b) Theexpenses paidwill be set by the individual clubs butmust not exceed a rate per mile of necessary travel at such rate as may be fixed by the Committee and communicated to the member clubsprior to thestart of theseason, or theactual rail or bus fare. (c) Where it isthe intentionofanyclubtopaytravellingexpenses, arecordofsuchpaymentsmustbekeptandbemadeavailable to theCommittee, on request, togetherwithsuchother books of accounts as the Committee shall request. Forthepurposesoftheserules,aPhysicalEducationteacherwhose work is solely educational and who is not paid directly or indirectly for playing cricket for a member club is not a ‘paid player’. Noplayer, other thanaScottishplayer asdefined in thesucceeding sentence, may play as an amateur for any team of any club in any Division ifhehasbeenapaidplayeratanytime inthethreecalendar years preceding that year other than with the permission of the Committeeobtainedpriortosuchplayerparticipating inanyLeague match, which permission shall only be granted in special circumstances. A Scottish player shall be defined as (i) born in Scotland, or (ii) eligible to play for Scotland as perceived by the