UCL Handbook 2021 2022

(g) Players using the Pitch at half time as aforesaid shall give due consideration to any other activity or entertainment taking place on the Pitch at

the same time;

(h) the Home Club may water the Pitch at half time provided it gives reasonable notice to the referee and the other Club that it intends to do so

and that any such watering is carried out evenly over the entire length and width of the Pitch; and

(i) any warming down after the conclusion of the Match shall last for no longer than 15 minutes and for that purpose neither penalty area shall be

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Promotion and Relegation to and from The National League

As a pre - condition of entry into The National League (Step 1) any Club proposing to enter with a Football Turf Pitch must by no later than 31st May in its proposed year of entry provide the Competition with an irrevocable undertaking that in the event of it gaining promotion to The Football League at any time that it will comply in full with the applicable criteria, policies and regulations of The Football League in relation to the playing surface and together with such undertaking will provide credible and acceptable evidence as to how it would do so. In the event of the undertaking being breached at the relevant time and as a result the Club not being eligible to be ad- mitted as a member of The Football League then the Club shall not retain its place in The National League and instead shall automatically be relegated to National League North or South and may have levied upon it a fine as determined by the Board in its sole discretion. Such Club shall not be accepted into membership of The National League (Step 1) until such time as it installs a Grass Pitch so that it complies in full with the playing surface regulation of The Football League. This provision shall cease to apply in the event of The Football League accepting clubs with a Football Turf Pitch.

24.

INSURANCE

24.1

PLAYERS

All Clubs shall be members of a player ’ s personal accident insurance scheme. The policy cover shall be at least equal to the minimum recommended cover determined from time to time by The Football Association.

Each Club shall submit to the board a copy of the insurance policy document together with the last premium payment receipt 14 (fourteen) days prior to the start of the Playing Season.

PUBLIC LIABILITY

All Clubs must have Public Liability cover of at least ten million pounds (£10,000,000)

Each Club shall submit to the Board a copy of the insurance policy document together with the last premium payment receipt fourteen days prior to the start of the Play- ing Season.

25.

MEDICAL PERSONNEL

Clubs shall ensure their medical practitioner or physiotherapist, or equivalent keeps detailed up - to - date medical records for all Contract Players in the form and in accord- ance with the requirements and guidelines published by the Football Association from time to time.

When a Player ’ s registration is about to be transferred the Transferor, Club must make such records available to the medical practitioner or physiotherapist of the Trans- feree Club. This procedure shall also apply to all Players whose registrations are temporarily transferred under the provisions for Long, Short, Emergency and Youth Loans.

Each Club must have a suitably qualified person (Minimum FA Emergency Aid Certificate ideally FA Basic First Aid for Sport) in attendance for every match day, failure to observe this Rule will be fined in accordance with the Fees Tariff

Clubs must have a Medical Emergency Action Plan in place and be reviewed by the Club to ensure it ’ s current.

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