Hellenic League Handbook 2015-16

UHL SPORT HELLENIC LEAGUE HANDBOOK 2015-2016

6.2 REGISTRATION PERIOD 6.2.1 [The Registration Period for Conference National Clubs shall be known as the ‘Transfer Window’, and shall mean either:- • the period commencing at midnight on the last day of the immediately preceding Playing Season and ending at midnight on the 31st August next following or • the period commencing at midnight on the 31st December and ending at midnight on 31st January next fol- lowing always provided the Board shall have the discretion to amend the time and/or date upon which each of the above periods shall be deemed to end, after consultation with The Football Association, The Premier League and the Foot- ball League in so far as is necessary to ensure the Transfer Windows for the Conference, the Premier League and the Football League are the same. The Registration Period for Conference North and Conference South Clubs shall be the period commencing at mid- night on the last day of the immediately preceding Playing Season and ending at 5.00pm on the fourth Thursday in March next following.] After 5.00pm on the [fourth Thursday in March] [31st March] each season new registrations, new loans, and transfer of registrations will be declined or will be approved subject to such limitations and restrictions as the Board may de- termine and, if so determined, the Player shall only be eligible to play in the matches for which permission is granted by the Board. 6.3 PLAYER STATUS 6.3.1 The status of a player may be:- • Contract Player • Non-Contract • Work Experience • Scholar • Short Term Loan • Long Term Loan • [Emergency Loan • Youth Loan] 6.3.2 [Unemployed Player (relevant only to Conference National Division) shall mean any Player who:- (a) has not been at any time been registered with:- • a Member Club; (b) if he has been registered with any of the Clubs listed in paragraph (a) above, his registration has expired at any time prior to the end of a Transfer Window and he has not since been registered with any such Club. Under the terms of this rule an unemployed player may register for a Club at any time between midnight on the last day of the immediately preceding Playing Season and 5.00pm on the fourth Thursday next following.] 6.4 REGISTRATIONS AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURES 6.4.1 A Player will only be eligible to play in a match organised by the Company under these Rules if the appropriate form (s) is received by the Company electronically at least twenty-four (24) hours before the scheduled kick-off time of such match. No Player whose registration, including Loan registrations, is received less than twenty-four (24) hours before the match organised by the Company in which he is required to play will be eligible. Any loan registration must also be approved by the Football Association before that Player can be considered eligible to play. Where a registration form is sent to the Company electronically, e.g. email, the originating form must subsequently be received by the Company within five (5) days of the sending of the electronic transmission. In default of this Rule the player shall not be eligible to play in the Competition unless and until a valid registration form is received. The form when received must contain the same information as that received by [facsimile or] email. Any Club deemed to have falsified any form will be deemed to have played an ineligible player and will be dealt with in accordance with Rule 6.9. The registration of a Player by electronic transmission is not automatically valid and it is the responsibility of the Club to ensure the player is NOT registered with any other Club. When the Player involved was previously registered with another Club it is necessary for that Club to complete the standard Competition transfer form or to have completed the standard Competition cancellation of registration form prior to or at the same as the registration to the new Club. 6.4.2 Each Club must have at least eleven (11) Players registered fourteen (14) days before the start of each Playing Season. • a Club participating in the Premier League or the Football League; and/or • any other Association Football Club in a country other than England, or

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