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UHLSPORT HELLENIC LEAGUE HANDBOOK 2013 – 2014

The home Club must have a qualified medical practitioner in attendance throughout the match. The HOME doctor to visit both the home and away teams’ dressing rooms before leaving the ground. The name of the doctor present at the match must be entered on the Team Sheet. Failure by any Club to meet this requirement may result in a fine being imposed at the discretion of the Board. (N/A) Each team should either have a Therapist who is Chartered, or be a registered member of the Health Professions Council, or be a Certified Therapist who has passed The Football Association’s Diploma Course, or an equivalent qualification, in the Treatment and Management of Injuries Course, in attendance throughout matches, to attend to injured Players on the field of play and in the dressing room(s). Away Clubs should be accompanied by a Therapist as stated above, for the same purpose. Clubs are required to submit to the League Office, on an annual basis, a copy of a certificate held by a therapist used by member clubs in 1 st team matches or be subject to a fine accordance with the Fines Tariff. 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 accordance 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 Transferee Club. This procedure shall also apply to all Players whose registrations are temporarily transferred under the provisions for Long, Short, Emergency and Youth Loans. PLAYER TRANSFERS BETWEEN CLUBS When Players are transferred (Contract, Non-Contract, Scholars or loan on temporary transfer) between member Clubs (or between member Clubs and clubs) it is the responsibility of each Club to ensure that the Competition receives copies of all relevant documents pertaining to the transfer including full details of any payment schedules agreed in writing or otherwise between the two Clubs. Should a Club fail to meet the payment schedules lodged with the Competition on receipt of notification an embargo on further Players registrations will be placed upon the defaulting Club together with a 1% levy per day on the outstanding payments as detailed in the (N/A). PROVISION FOR FULL & ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 29.1 This combination of Clubs shall be called The Hellenic Football League and shall be known as The UHLSPORT Hellenic League and shall consist of not more than sixty six Clubs, all of which shall be full members of The Hellenic League Premier Division or Division One and not more than forty-four Associate Member Clubs, all of which shall be members of other Divisions of the League and all of which shall be affiliated to a recognised Association and the names of which are returned to The Football Association on Form `D’ each year. Clubs failing to supply to the Competition Secretary at least fourteen days (14) prior to the AGM particulars relating to the completion of Form `D’, will be fined 29.2 The Rules of the League shall apply to all Clubs in membership with such modification as the Management Committee shall, from time to time and after due notice in writing to the Clubs, determine. The decisions of the Management Committee shall be final. 27. 28. 29. (N/A)

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PROMOTION AGREEMENTS

30.1 Determination of Championship (Subject to Pooling Arrangement of NLS Promotion/Relegation)

30.2 Champion clubs from Hellenic League Feeder Leagues may be considered for promotion to Division One provided that they achieve the specification of the National League System and Criteria Document subject to such Clubs complying with the League’s terms of membership. The bottom two clubs in each Division One or Clubs failing to achieve the required standards may be relegated and be placed in the most appropriate Feeder League.

30.3 Where only one Club satisfies the criteria only one Club will be considered for relegation. However, where one or more Clubs are obliged to terminate their membership of the Hellenic League by reason of the descriptions

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