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(G) No individual shall be entitled to vote on behalf of more than one Member Club.

(H) Any continuing Member Club failing to be represented at the Annual General Meeting without satisfactory reason being given shall be fined £50.00.

(I) Directors and Board members shall be entitled to attend and vote at an Annual General Meeting.

7. AGREEMENT TO BE SIGNED The Chairman and the Secretary of each Club shall complete and sign the following agreement which shall be deposit- ed with the Competition together with the Renewal for Membership form for the coming season, by the 1 st of June each year. "We A, ________________ of _________________ (Chairman) and B, ________________ of _________________ (Secretary) of the ______________________ Football Club have been provided with a copy of the Rules and Regula- tions of the Peterborough & District Football League Competition and do hereby agree for and on behalf of the said Club to conform to those Rules and Regulations and to accept, abide by and implement the decisions of the Board of the Competition, subject to the right of appeal in accordance with Rule 16.”

(B) Any alteration to the Chairman or Secretary on the above Agreement must be notified to the County Football Asso- ciation to which the Club is affiliated and to the Secretary of the Competition.

8. QUALIFICATION OF PLAYERS (A)(i) Contract players, as defined in Football Association Rules, are not permitted in this Competition with the excep- tion of those Players who are registered under Contract with the same Club who have a team operating at Steps 1 to 6 of the National League System. It is the responsibility of each Club to ensure that any Player signing a registration form for that Club has, where nec- essary, the required International Transfer Certificate. Clearance is required for any Player aged 12 and over crossing borders including Wales, Scotland and Ireland.

(ii) While serving in any branch of Her Majesty’s Regular Forces, a player must first obtain the consent of his Associa- tion Secretary before signing a registration form to play for a Club.

(B) A registered playing member of a Club is one who, being in all other respects eligible has: -

(i) Signed a fully and correctly completed Competition registration form in ink, countersigned by an Officer of the Club, and who has been registered with the League Office on the FA Full Time system by noon on Friday prior to playing. Failure to complete the player registration form correctly will result in a fine of £5.00 (ii) Registration forms may also be submitted to the League Office by facsimile machine or Email by noon on Friday prior to the player playing. (iii) Veterans Division players must be 35 and over the day of the match to be eligible to play. (iv) Rule B (i & ii) only do not apply to the Veterans Development Division. Veteran’s Development teams can com- plete Player Registration Forms on the day with a limit of 2 per team on any one match day and have 3 days after the match to register with the office. Players ideally should take ID to settle age disputes before kick-off.

(C) A team shall not include more than 3 players who have taken part in any Step 6 or more senior competition match- es during the current season unless a period of 14 days has elapsed since they played.

For the purpose of this Competition a senior competition(s) are any Step 6 League or League Cup competition,

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