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Rules 13. Referees (A)
Registered Referees for all matches shall be appointed in a manner approved
by the Management Committee, that is by the Referees Secretaries. (B)
When no official referee is appointed by the Competition the home Club shall
provide a person to undertake the duties of a referee. In
the event of the non-appearance of the appointed referee the game must be played
and will rank as a cup match. If it is not possible to obtain a mutually
accepable substitute referee for the whole match each side must provide a
referee for one half. Clubs shall have a whistle available for home games. A
referee thus agreed upon shall, for that game, have the full powers, status and
authority of a registered Referee. (C) The Management Committee may, if they consider it desirable, appoint Assistant
Referees to any match. (D)
The appointed Refereee shall have power to decide as to the fitness of the
ground in all matches and the decision shall be final, unless the groundsman has
declared the ground unfit 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, subject to any limits laid down by the
sanctioning Association(s). The
home Club shall pay the Officials their fees and expenses before the match. The
Competition shall pay all Officials fees for all Finals. Trophies
will be awarded to Match Officials in finals. (F)
In the event of a match not being played because of circumstances over which the
Club have no control, the match officials, if present, shall be entitled to full
fee plus expenses. Where a match is not played owing to one Club being in
default, that Club shall be ordered to pay the Officials, if they attend the
ground, their full fee and expenses. (G)
A Referee not keeping his engagement, and failing to give a satisfactory
explanation as to his non-appearance, may have his name removed from the list of
Referees and the fact reported to the Association with which he is registered. (H)
Each Club shall, in a manner prescribed from time to time by The Football
Association, award marks to the Referee for each match. The marks shall be
entered on the comprehensive result sheets provided by the Club’s League. Where
a Club marks a referee 5 or less on the result card, a written explanation must
be sent within 7 days of the match to the appropriate Referees Secretary giving
the name of the Referee and the reason(s) for such a mark (J)
The Referee shall submit a report Form, supplied by the Competition, giving the
result of the match, the number of players in each team and the time of kick-off
to the Referees Secretary within two days of the match. (K)
Referees shall be supplied each season, with a free copy of the Competition
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