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Registered Referees for all matches and Assistant Referees, where required,
shall be appointed by the Referees Appointments Officer in a manner approved
by the Management Committee and by the sanctioning
Association (s). The Home team must advise their opponents of the appointed
official (s) on the appropriate match notification form and declare any interest or involvement
in the Home club of that (those) official (s). In cases where the Competition
has been unable to appoint a referee to the match, the Home team should, at
least 3 clear days prior to the match, inform their opponents of the situation
and both clubs may agree upon a nominated person to be the Referee.
b. In the event of the non-appearance of the appointed or agreed Referee within
15 minutes of the scheduled kick-off time, the Clubs may agree upon a referee.
A referee thus agreed upon shall, for that game, have the full powers, status
and authority of a registered referee. The agreed Referee MUST declare any
interest or involvement with a club. Where the Management Committee are
satisfied that a club has contravened this Rule for their benefit, the Club in
default may be liable to a fine of not more than £10.00 and any additional
action the Management Committee may decide. Should any club arrive at
their opponents ground and only then be informed that the Referee has an
association with their opponents, if they subsequently fulfil the fixture, there
can be no recourse to the Competition, other than through the marking of
the Referee.
c. Not applicable.
d.
The appointed Referee shall have power to decide as to the fitness of the
ground in all matches, and his decision shall be final subject to either in the case
of a ground of a Local Authority or the owners of a ground, the representative
of that body is the sole arbiter and whose decision must be accepted unless
the ground is declared fit for play.
e. Match Officials appointed under this Rule shall be entitled to charge standard
class Public Transport expenses or private car expenses, in accordance with
the Rules of the Suffolk County Football Association subject to a limit of £8.00,
together with the following match fees; Referee fees -£15.00, Registered
Referees appointed by the Management Committee as Assistant Referees -
£7.50, except that the Referee fee in the under 7, under 8, under 9, under 10
sections shall be £8.00, with the corresponding Assistant Referees fee £4.00.
The Home Club shall pay the Officials their fees and expenses before or
immediately after the match.
f. In the event of a match not being played because of circumstances over which
the Clubs have no control, the match officials, if present shall be entitled to
half fee plus expenses, but where a match is not played owing to one Club
being in default, that Club shall pay the Officials, if they attend the ground,
their full fees and expenses.
g.
A Referee not keeping his or her engagement, and failing to give a satisfactory explanation as to their non-appearance, may be reported to the Association with which he or she is registered.
h.
Each Club shall, in the manner prescribed from time to time by the Football
Association, award marks to the Referee for each match and the name of the
Referee and the marks awarded shall be submitted to the Competition on the
Result Form provided, along with a letter of explanation if the referee’s mark
is 50 or below. Clubs failing to comply with this rule shall be liable to be fined
or dealt with as the Management Committee shall determine. The Competition shall keep a record of the markings, on the form provided
and, by the prescribed date each season, shall submit a summary to the County
Football Association.
i. Both the Home and Away Club shall provide a responsible assistant referee
to assist the Referee.
j. Referees and Assistant Referees shall be supplied, each season, with a copy of
the Competition Rules free of charge.
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