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EXTRACTS FROM FA RULES AS INFORMATION FOR CLUBS
‘C1 - PLAYERS WITH WRITTEN CONTRACTS’
(g) Transfers
Please note that under FA Rule C1(g) the NCEFL is not sanctioned by The Football Association to operate a ‘Temporary Transfer’ system for Players with Written Contracts either solely between NCE League Clubs or with Clubs from outside the League.
‘C2 - PLAYERS WITHOUT WRITTEN CONTRACTS’
C2 (a) Regulations Concerning Approaches
Players who are not under written contract to a Club may be registered with a number of Clubs at any time, subject to the following provisions and those of the Competitions in which they play:
(i) Competitions sanctioned by The Association under Regulation 3 of the ‘Regulations for the Sanction and Control of Leagues and Competitions’ may make their own regulations for the approach of Players between Clubs of the Competition.
(ii) During the current season [a current season runs from 1st July to the following 31st May] any Club wishing to approach a Player known to be registered with or having played for any other Club must give to the Secretary of each such Club seven (7) days’ formal written notice of the intention to approach the Player.
Formal written notice of approach needs to be given by:
(A) a Saturday Club only to all Saturday Clubs;……………..
(iii) The written notice must be sent by Special Delivery or Recorded Post, or a written acknowledgment otherwise obtained from the Secretary or Chairman of the Club approached. Facsimile or e-mail transmission may be used provided a receipt of acknowledgement is also obtained.
(iv) Following the date of posting of the written notice of approach, or receipt of an acknowledgment: (A) the Player may be registered on or after the eighth (8th) day; (B) the Player must have been registered on or before the twenty-first (21st) day.
(v) The approaching Club: (A) may not approach the same Player a second time in a season; (B) may approach only one (1) Player at a Club at any time subject to (ix) below; (C) may not approach another Player at the same Club within twenty-eight (28) days of an earlier approach or acknowledgment.
(vi) If an approach is made by a Player to another Club during the current season [see above], that Club shall give the Club(s), for which the Player is known to be registered and has played, seven (7) days’ notice of approach as set out in (i) to (iv) above before registering the Player.
(vii) A Club which is the subject of a complaint alleging failure to give notice in accordance with the Rule may be subject to charge of misconduct under FA Rule E1(b).
(viii) A Club proved to have breached the provisions of this Rule may have its current registration of the Player cancelled and be subject to such other penalty as The Association or Affiliated Association deems appropriate, in accordance with Regulation 8.1 of the Regulations for FA Disciplinary Action.
(ix) During the current season [see above] a maximum of two (2) Players may be approached in the manner described above if invited to trial at a licensed Football Association/FA Premier League/Football League Academy or Centre of Excellence.
(b) Conditions
(i) All payments made to players must be made by the Club and fully recorded in the accounting records of the Club.
(ii) All salaried payments must be subject to PAYE and National Insurance.
(iii) Any players paid expenses must be reimbursed via an expense claim form. The club must retain all expense records in a format acceptable to the Inland Revenue.
(iv) A currently registered Player shall not be allowed to register with another Club without first satisfying the Club Officials of the intended Club that all reasonable and other liabilities have been discharged to the Club or Clubs which the Player is or was known to be registered in the current [see above] and previous season.
(v) A Player approached on or after the first (1st) May in the current season [see above] may not play in competitive football for the Club making the approach until the commencement of the following season………………..’
‘C3 - TRAINEES AND SCHOLARSHIPS'
(a) Trainees
(i) Players between their fifteenth (15th) and seventeenth (17th) birthdays who are not receiving full-time education in accordance with the Education Acts may be registered as Trainees with The Association. The registration of Trainees shall be made on the Form marked ‘G(3)’………..
(v) A registered Trainee may play for another Club subject to the written approval of the Club for which the Trainee is registered. A copy of the written permission must be received by The Association, the league or combination of which the Club is a member, the Trainee and the Club for which the Trainee is to play. A Club may not play more than two (2) such Trainees in any match at first team level……………’
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