Hellenic League Handbook 2015-16

UHL SPORT HELLENIC LEAGUE HANDBOOK 2015-2016

be allowed to play League games or take part in the business of the League until the instruction has been com- plied with. A reason for the delay has been explained to the League General Secretary and a quorum of the Man- agement Committee, having considered the explanation, has adjudicated the issue. All communications must be addressed to the relevant Officer of The Hellenic League who shall con- duct the relevant correspondence of the League. Communications from any Officer of the League must be dealt with within fourteen days of the date of the communication. In default a fine will be imposed in accordance with the Fines Tariff. 33. COMPETITION OFFICERS The Officers of the League shall consist of Patron, President, Chairman, General Manager, Administra- tion Secretary, Fixture Co-ordinator, Referee Officer, Registration Officer, Results Officer, Communications Officer, Administration Officer (General, Referee Admin & Assessment). 33.2 Life Members shall be ex-officio Members of the Management Committee together with the President and Vice Presidents and shall be entitled to attend all Management Committee meetings but shall not be entitled to vote. 32.14 33.1 34. Each Club shall at all times comply with all reasonable requests by the Competition to ensure due compliance by the Competition with its commercial agreements and shall not enter into any new agreements with any direct com- petitor to the Competition’s title sponsor [or any third party with whom the Competition has entered into a commer- cial agreement.] 35. 1 Each Club shall be obliged to utilise any match boards provided by the Competition’s sponsor and further shall be obliged to procure that any bench kit provided by a sponsor shall be worn during competitive and first team matches. In the event of any Club having an existing agreement with a competitor to the Competition’s spon- sor in respect of match boards and bench kit, they should be entitled to honour that agreement but shall not renew the same. 2. The Management Committee have full authority at their discretion to negotiate an agreement on behalf of the Competition. Clubs shall comply with the provisions of any sponsorship or promotional agreement made by the Management Committee by including a half page advertisement of any League Sponsor in their match programme and displaying an advertising board provided by the Sponsor, on their ground. These facilities will be without charge to the Sponsor, Promoter or the Competition. No final agreement shall be signed until all implications have been discussed at a Special General Meeting arranged specifically for the purpose. 36. Each Club shall permit photography, filming and audio and web broadcasting at their home ground to enable the Competition to comply with the terms of any Commercial Contract (as defined in the Articles), which may be entered into by the Company and will provide all necessary facilities as may reasonably be requested by the Competition or any broadcaster as may be nominated by the Competition.[Appendix…..] 37. Any distribution of any income received by the Company from any source whatsoever shall be entirely at the discre- tion of the Board. 33.3 A past Patron or President of the League shall be afforded the same privileges as those of a Life Member. 33.4 The Patron shall be entitled to attend all Management Committee meetings and be entitled to vote.

38. CLUB FINANCE RECORDS The Company shall be entitled either directly or through its duly appointed agents to inspect the books, ac- counts and financial records of any Club and that Club shall make available to the Company all information as may be required from time to time in that respect.

39. CENTRAL FUNDING

39.1 The Competition has the right not to make any Payments from central funding to Clubs who are subject to an Insolvency Event. 39.2 Clubs shall irrevocably waive their right to receive monies and also waive their right to receive such monies when at any time funds are due from them to Football Creditors within or without The Competition and further ir- revocably authorise and appoint the Competition as their attorney to pay any monies which would otherwise be due to their Football Creditors to such Football Creditors on their behalf if deemed appropriate by the Board. 39.3 Members of the Competition hereby irrevocably authorise the Board that in the event of each or any of them taking steps which would comprise an Insolvency Event to withhold any payment that might otherwise be due and permanently waive their right to receive the same subject only to the Board’s discretionary right to pay such mon-

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