LEAGUE RULES 2023-24

OYFL League Rules 41 2023-2024 pm on Thursday for Saturday games and no later than 9.00 pm on Friday for Sunday games. Anything received after the deadlines will remain pending until the following Monday. Failure to comply with this Rule will result in a fine (in accordance with the Fines Tariff). Any registration that is not fully and correctly completed will be returned to the Club unprocessed. If a Club attempts to register a player via Player Registration System but does not fully and correctly complete the necessary information via Player Registration System, the registration will not be processed. Failure to comply with this Rule will result in a fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff. B. 1. Contract players are not permitted in this Competition with the exception of those Players who are registered under Contract with the same Club who have a team operating at Steps 1 to 6 of the National League System. 2. It is the responsibility of each Club to ensure that any Player registered to the Club has, where necessary, the required International Transfer Certificate. Clearance is required for any Player aged 10 and over crossing borders including Wales, Scotland and Ireland. 3. Each team must have at least 11 Players registered seven (7) days before the start of each Playing Season. Failure to comply with this Rule will result in a fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff. C. A Player that owes a Football Debt (as defined under the Football Debt Recovery Regulations) shall be permitted to register and play for a Club in Competition Matches, but will be suspended from football activities if the Player does not comply with the terms of the Football Debt Recovery Regulations in respect of that Football Debt. D. A fee as set out in the Fees Tariff shall be paid by each Club/Team for each Player registered, if applicable. E. The Management Committee shall decide all registration disputes. In the event of a player signing a registration form or having a registration submitted for more than one Club, priority of registration shall decide for which Club the Player shall be registered. The Secretary shall notify the Club last applying to register the player of the fact of the previous registration. F. It shall be a breach of Rule for a Player to:- 1. Play for more than one Club in the Competition in the same Playing Season without first being transferred. 2. Having registered for one Club in the Competition, register for another Club in the Competition in that Playing Season except for the purpose of a transfer. 3. Submit a signed registration form or submit a registration through the Player Registration System that the Player had willfully neglected to accurately or fully complete. Failure to comply with this Rule will result in a fine in accordance with the Fines Tariff. G. 1. The Management Committee shall have the power to accept the registration of any Player subject to the provisions of Rules 18(G) (ii) and (iii) below. 2. The Management Committee shall have power to refuse, cancel or suspend the registration of any Player or may fine any Player, at their discretion (in accordance with the Fines Tariff) who has been charged and found guilty of registration irregularities (subject to Rule 7). 3. The Management Committee shall have power to make application to refuse or cancel the registration of any Player charged and found guilty of undesirable conduct (subject to Rule 7) subject to the right of appeal to the Sanctioning Authority. Application should be made to the parent County of the Club the Player is registered or intending to be registered with. Undesirable conduct shall mean an incident of repeated proven misconduct, which may deter a Participant from being involved in this Competition. 4. A Player who has previously had a registration removed in accordance with Rule 18.G.3. but has a registration accepted at the expiry of exclusion will be considered to be under a probationary period of 12 months. Whilst under a probationary period, should the Player commit a further act of proven misconduct under the jurisdiction of the Competition, (excluding standard dismissals), the Competition may consider a further charge of bringing the Competition into disrepute. (Note: Action under Rule 18.G.3 shall not be taken against a Player for misconduct until the matter has been dealt with by the Sanctioning Authority, and then only in cases of the Player bringing the Competition

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