Joint Handbook 2023 2024

maximum of 18 persons may be claimed. In some instances, compensation may also be claimed when neither of the Clubs is at fault. The Board will determine the amount of compensation payments to be made, if any. All claims for compensation by either Club in the case of either an abandoned match or a postponed match must be received by the League Secretary within 14 days of the date of the match to which the claim relates.

POST MATCH ADMINISTRATION

8.41 The home Club shall be responsible for notifying the Competition immediately following the conclusion of each home Competition match the result of that match together with the attendance, the times of all goals scored in the match and the scorer of each goal, via the Full - Time SMS system. In any FA or AFFILIATED ASSOCIATION Competition the home Club if two Clubs are playing the tie, or the Club if the match involves a team outside of the Competition, must also follow this procedure. 8.42 In the event of the match being postponed, not completed or abandoned, the home Club must immediately telephone the Fixture Director, the Competition Secretary and, in the case of a match postponement, the Appointing Authority, the visiting Club and the Match Officials. When a postponement occurs in any FA or County Cup competition, the home Club, if two Clubs are playing the tie, or the Club if the match involves a team outside of the Competition, must also follow this procedure. 8.43 Where a match has been postponed for any reason, the Fixture Director shall determine the new date. Any Club without just cause failing to fulfil an engagement to play a Competition match on the appointed date shall for each offence be liable to expulsion from the Competition and/ or such other disciplinary action the Board may determine, including the deduction of up to a maximum of three points from the offending Club ’ s record, any expenses incurred by their opponents, and a fine. In the event of a Club being in breach of the previous paragraph of this Rule then the Board may award points to the Club not at fault as if the match had been played and the League table shall reflect the position as if the match had been played with the result awarded by the Board. 9. REGISTERED INTERMEDIARIES/AGENTS 9.1 An Intermediary/Agents cannot have an involvement in any Club in an official capacity (as defined by the Board) nor may he hold office with the Competition. 9.2 All Clubs must comply with The FA Regulations concerning Intermediaries/Agents. 10. FINANCIAL RECORDS 10.1 All Clubs shall keep their accounting records for recording the fact and nature of all receipts and payments so as to disclose with reasonable accuracy, at any time, the financial position including the assets and liabilities of the Club. 10.2 The home Club shall take gate receipts for all its home League matches and shall retain all gate receipts. Where a match is declared all ticket the Away Club shall be entitled to 15% of the total number of tickets available (or a minimum of 600 at Step 3, whichever is the greater), subject to any stipulation by the relevant safety authority affecting these figures. A reasonable allocation of the total disabled spectator accommodation where appropriate shall be made available to disabled supporters of the Away Club. Clubs must ensure that all gate receipts are fully and properly recorded and accounted for in the accounting records of the club. Clubs should have a system in operation for home games that enables them to accurately report on the following; A record of all tickets sold in advance A reconciliation of cash received by category of entrant through each turnstile The number of entrants through each turnstile A schedule of the numbers admitted to parts of the stadium that do not pass through a turnstile A list of complimentary tickets authorised

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