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1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
In these Rules:
Football Turf (3G) Pitch (FTP) means a field of play (as that term is defined in the Laws of the Game) that has, following installation and prior to the
commencement of each subsequent Playing Season, been awarded a FIFA Recommended One Star / IATS (International Artificial Turf Standard) or
Two Star Certificate and which otherwise conforms to the requirements of the Laws of the Game.
“Board Directive” means an order or instruction issued by the Board.
“Control” means the power of a natural person, legal entity or any other body to exercise, or to be able to exercise or acquire, direct or indirect
control over the policies, affairs and/or management of a Club, whether that power is constituted by rights or contracts (either separately or in
combination) and having regard to the considerations of fact or law involved, and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, Control
shall be deemed to include:
a)
the power (whether directly or indirectly and by any means including without limitation by way of those that in the opinion of the Board
are acting in concert) to appoint and/or remove all or such of the members of the board of directors of the Club as are able to cast a majority of the
votes capable of being cast by the members of that board; and/or
b)
the holding and/or possession of the beneficial interest in, and/or the ability to exercise the voting rights applicable to, shares (or other
equity securities) in the Club (whether directly, indirectly (by means of holding such interests in one or more other persons) or by contract
including without limitation those that in the opinion of the Board are acting in concert) which confer in aggregate on the holder(s) thereof 30 per
cent or more of the total voting rights exercisable at general meetings of the Club;
For the purposes of the above, any rights or powers of a nominee or of an associate (as defined in the Rules of The FA Challenge Cup) of a person
shall be attributed to that person.
“Embargoed Club” means any Club subject to an Embargo.
“FIFA Quality Concept” means the:
(a)
FIFA Quality Concept Handbook of Requirements for Football Turf Surfaces (January 2012 Edition); and
(b)
FIFA Quality Concept – Handbook of Test Methods for Football Turf (January 2012 Edition), and any amendment or modification thereof.
“FIFA Recommended One / IATS or Two Star Certificate” means the certificate of that name awarded by FIFA following compliance with the
applicable requirements of the FIFA Quality Concept.
“Grass Pitch” means a field of play (as that term is defined in the Laws of the Game) that is natural grass, predominantly natural grass or intended
to be predominantly natural grass and which conforms to the requirements of the Laws of the Game.
“Intermediary” means any natural or legal person who carries out or seeks to carry out Intermediary Activity and has registered with The
Association in accordance with The FA Intermediaries Regulations;
“Intermediary Activity” means acting in any way and at any time, either directly or indirectly, for or on behalf of a Player or a Club in relation to any
matter relating to a Transaction. This includes, but is not limited to, entering into a Representation Contract with a Player or a Club. For the
avoidance of doubt, a Club Official is not acting as an Intermediary when he carries out any Intermediary Activity in relation to any matter relating
to a Transaction for or on behalf of that Club. Similarly, a Lawyer is not acting as an Intermediary when he solely and exclusively undertakes or
provides Permitted Legal Advice in relation to any matter relating to a Transaction;
“Pitch” means a Grass Pitch or Football Turf Pitch.
“
Pitch Test” means the test(s) conducted by a FIFA accredited field test institute or UKAS accredited test institute in accordance with the
requirements of the FIFA Quality Concept or IATS.
“Transaction” means any negotiation or other related activity, including any communication relating or preparatory to the same, the intention or
effect of which is to create, terminate or vary the terms of a player’s contract of employment with a Club, to facilitate or effect the registration of a
player with a Club, or the transfer of the registration of a player from a club to a Club (whether on a temporary or permanent basis). A completed
Transaction is one that has so achieved the creation, termination or variation of the terms of the player’s contract of employment with a Club, the
registration of the player with a Club or the transfer of the registration from a club to a Club.
2.
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS
2.1
Each Club shall register its Ground, and its pitch dimensions, with the Competition
prior to the start of each Playing Season. It will be misconduct
on the part of a Club to alter its pitch dimensions during a season unless with prior written consent of the Board. The Board may at any time
require a Club, at its own cost, to submit a report from a qualified independent source certifying the pitch dimensions.
2.3.2
The Club as at 31 March in any year shall either:
(iii) Possess an agreement for the use of the Ground that is acceptable to The Football Association
following consultation with the relevant
Competition.
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