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participant from being involved in this Competition. Application should be made to the parent County of the Club the Player is registered with. (Note:- action under this clause shall not be taken against a Player for misconduct until the matter has been dealt with by the appropriate Association, and then only in cases of the Player bringing the Competition into disrepute and will in any case be subject to an Appeal to the Football Association. For the purposes of this Rule, bringing the Competition into disrepute can only be considered where the Player has received in excess of 112 days suspension, or 10 matches in match based discipline, in a period of two years or less from the date of the first offence.) 6.1.4 The Board shall also have the power the place an Embargo on the registration, transfer or loan transfer of Players by any Club deemed to be in breach of these Rules. Where a Club has been subject to an Embargo that is ongoing (if applied by the Competition or another) then the Embargo shall continue to apply until the Club can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Board that the circumstances that resulted in the Embargo no longer apply. 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 following 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 Football 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 midnight 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 determine 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:- • 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 • 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 • Contract Player • Non-Contract • Work Experience • Scholar

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