Joint Handbook 2022 2023

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 information is provided via the Online Player Registration System and received by the Company, at least four (4) hours before the scheduled kick - off time of such match. No Player whose registration, including Loan registrations, is received by the Company less than four (4) 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. The registration of a Player by 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 transfer form via the Online Player Registra tion System or for the players ’ original registration to have been cancelled prior to or at the same time as the registration to the new Club. Any Club found to have been in breach of any part of Rule 6.4.1 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 facsimile or 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 stand ard Competition transfer form or to have completed the standard Competition cancellation of regis tration form prior to or at the same as the registration to the new Club. Any Club found to have been in breach of any part of Rule 6.4.1 will be deemed to have played an ineligible player and will be dealt with in accordance with Rule 6.9. 6.4.2 Each Team must have at least sixteen (16) Players registered fourteen (14) days before the start of each Playing Season. 6.4.3 A registration form, when submitted to the Competition, must be accompanied by the financial details, i.e. the appropriate page of the contract for Players under written contract or the standard Competition form for Players not under written contract. 6.4.4 In the event of a Player signing registration forms for more than one Club, priority of registration shall decide for which Club he is entitled to play. The Club submitting the latter form shall be notified of the prior registration of the Player, and the circumstances under which the registration forms were signed shall be investigated by the Board. Any Player found to have signed registration forms for more than one Club, or any Club found to have knowingly induced a registered Player of another Club to sign a registration form, shall be dealt with by the Board in such a manner as it shall think fit. 6.4.5 Except where mutually agreed between the Clubs in writing, and specific approval has been given by the Board a Club cannot register more than one Contract or Non - Contract Player, registered to another Club or club at any one time unless a period of 28 days has elapsed between the first and the second notice of approach or acknowledgement. 6.4.6 If a non - contract Player also registers for a club not in membership of the Competition, his registration for the Competition may be retained by the Club. 6.4.7 A Club may register any number of Work Experience Players, save that it may only register a maximum of three (3) such players from any one club, including those participating in the Premier League, EFL and the National League System (subject to the overall limit of four (4) Players joining a Club from another club in any Playing Season as set out at Rule 6.6.1). 6.4.8 A Club may name up to a maximum of five (5) players on a Team Sheet who are either Short Term Loan, Long Term Loan, or Work Experience. Any Club in breach of this Rule which results in more than 5 of such players entering the field of play during the course of any one fixture will be deemed to have played an ineligible player(s) and will be dealt with in accordance with Rule 6.9. 6.4.9 The Company may, at its discretion, refuse any further registration of players, i.e. place under a registration embargo, any Club which has not completed payment of a transfer or loan arrangement made with another Club (or club) or arranged for the payment to be adequately secured. The Club (or