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08 Standardised Rules
Referee; should the appointed Match Referee fail to appear then the senior Assistant Referee must
take charge. Any subs琀椀tute agreed for a match shall be considered a Match O昀케cial for the purposes of
that match.
In the event that a Club causes a match to be abandoned in rela琀椀on to the opera琀椀on of this Rule then
that Club shall be charged with failing to ful昀椀l a 昀椀xture (Rule 8.38 refers).
14.4 Match O昀케cials should be present at the appointment at least 60 minutes prior to the scheduled 琀椀me of
kick-o昀昀. The appointed Referee may be required to visit the ground earlier if requested to do so by the
home Club.
14.5 In cases where it is found necessary to stop play owing to the weather or other cause, the Referee
must wait a reasonable length of 琀椀me before deciding on abandonment.
14.6 Referees must report on the relevant form all cases where teams commence a match late or without
eleven Players on the 昀椀eld of play. Referees must also report their own or any assistant referees’ late
arrival in any matches, and no琀椀fy those concerned at the 琀椀me of their inten琀椀on. Assistant referees
must also send an explana琀椀on of their late arrival to the Appoin琀椀ng Authority in wri琀椀ng by the method
instructed by the Appoin琀椀ng Authority within 3 days of the match.
14.7 The home Club will be responsible for paying the Match O昀케cials the fees and match expenses set by
the Appoin琀椀ng Authority on the day of the match in their dressing room, within a reasonable 琀椀me a昀琀er
the conclusion of the match (including matches abandoned for any reason). In the case of a postponed
match, whether or not gate money is taken, any Match O昀케cial who has travelled to the match will be
en琀椀tled to claim travelling expenses and half their match fee from the home Club. Where provided by
the home Club, each Match O昀케cial must complete and submit a claim form for expenses.
14.8 The home Club shall be responsible for providing Assistant Referees with dis琀椀nc琀椀ve 昀氀ags of a suitable
size in an acceptable condi琀椀on.
14.9 Three match balls proposed to be used in the match and, if applicable, supplied by the Company
under a ball sponsorship agreement must be submi琀琀ed to and approved by the Referee before the
commencement of the match in his/her dressing room.
It is the responsibility of the Club playing at home in each match played under the jurisdic琀椀on of
the Compe琀椀琀椀on to provide match balls in accordance with any match ball agreement signed by the
Company. The o昀케cial Compe琀椀琀椀on match ball must be used in all Compe琀椀琀椀on matches and pre-match
warm-ups.
14.10 The away Club is responsible for the provision of its own prac琀椀ce balls for use prior to the start of
each match, as supplied by the Compe琀椀琀椀on under a ball sponsorship agreement.
14.11 Match O昀케cials o昀케cia琀椀ng in Compe琀椀琀椀ons using the repor琀椀ng func琀椀onality in The FA’s Match
O昀케cial Administra琀椀on System (MOAS) must report all breaches of Rule via MOAS within 48 hours
of the conclusion of the match. Match O昀케cials o昀케cia琀椀ng in Compe琀椀琀椀ons not using the repor琀椀ng
func琀椀onality in MOAS must report all breaches of Rule to the Compe琀椀琀椀on Secretary in wri琀椀ng within
three days of the match on the appropriate form by 昀椀rst class post or electronically.
15. WITHDRAWAL OF CLUBS
A Club must no琀椀fy the Company not later than 31st March each year of its inten琀椀on to withdraw from
the Compe琀椀琀椀on at the end of that Playing Season. Failure to do so will make a Club liable to a 昀椀ne.
This Rule shall not operate so as to preclude promo琀椀on, relega琀椀on or lateral movement of any Club to
another compe琀椀琀椀on in accordance with Rule 12.
15.2 If, between the holding of the Company annual general mee琀椀ng and the commencement of the next
Playing Season, any Club, either:
(i) ceases to operate for any reason; or
(ii) gives no琀椀ce to the Company that it does not intend to compete in the Compe琀椀琀椀on during the next
Playing Season:
then no adjustment shall be made to the number of Clubs par琀椀cipa琀椀ng in the Compe琀椀琀椀on for that
Playing Season and the remaining Clubs will form the Compe琀椀琀椀on for that Playing Season.
15.3 If, a昀琀er the commencement of a Playing Season, any Club either:
(i) ceases to operate for any reason; or
(ii) gives no琀椀ce to the Company that it does not intend to con琀椀nue compe琀椀ng in the Compe琀椀琀椀on for
any reason:
then the Company may ex琀椀nguish the playing record of that Club and any monies due to that Club
from the Company shall be forfeited. The Company shall have the discre琀椀on to issue charges against
that Club and to issue 昀椀nes against that Club in accordance with the Fines Tari昀昀.
15.4 From the opera琀椀ve date in Rule 15.2 or 15.3, the Club concerned shall no longer be a member of the
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