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42. The following disciplinary procedures shall be adopted by all associations and leagues in membership of the Scottish Amateur Football Association and shall apply to all football which is played under the jurisdiction of the Scottish Amateur Football Association involving a member club. Match reports received relating to the participation of any member club, player or club official in any other match shall be dealt with as considered appropriate in accordance with the disciplinary procedures.

These procedures will apply not just to reports by match officials relating to incidents and/or acts of misconduct occurring at a match but also to investigations of such incidents and acts which may be considered to be exceptional cases of misconduct.

The following principles will be applied in relation to the penalties imposed for misconduct at matches:

The list of offences included in rule 42 is not exhaustive.

A. Standard offences - Player does not require to be cited to attend a meeting.

Suspensions for a number of matches (match suspensions) will be imposed based on the Asscociation’s fixed penalty guidelines as detailed in the appendix. There is no right of appeal against a Fixed Penalty suspension.

These suspensions will apply only to the team with which the player committed the misconduct (i.e. Saturday club or Sunday club) and will apply until such times as that team has completed the requisite number of matches played in competitions which are scheduled by the relevant national, regional, district, association or league Match Secretary/Secretary.

A match which is abandoned or which has been forfeited as a consequence of a club being debt suspended does not count as a completed match in terms of a player serving a suspension.

B. Serious Offences of Exceptional Misconduct 1. Referee assault

2. Physically threatening a referee 3. Verbally threatening a referee 4. Physical assault on or by club officials 5. Headbutting

6. Spitting

Suspensions would be for a period of time (dated suspensions) and would be imposed based on the Association’s guidelines for serious offences as detailed.

These suspensions will be forwarded to the Scottish Football Association for confirmation to all football.

All misconduct reports relating to offences of the above nature must be forwarded to the Secretary of the Scottish

Amateur Football Association by the appropriate authority in order that they can be dealt with by the relevant national disciplinary committee appointed by the Council of the Scottish Amateur Football Association, such Committees shall have the power to cite parties considered relevant to the misconduct report in question and shall fine the club(s) of the player, official or club member reported the sum of not less than £50.00 and not greater than £150.00 should that player, official or club member be found guilty of the offence(s) reported.

Should the player, official or club member be found guilty of an offence lesser than that reported the relevant national disciplinary committee shall have the discretion to impose a monetary penalty as considered appropriate.

C. Serious Offences

Suspensions would be for a period of time (dated suspensions) and would be imposed based on the Association’s guidelines for serious offences as detailed.

These suspensions will be forwarded to the Scottish Football Association for confirmation to all football.

association, league or district committee of the Scottish Amateur Football Association. For all offences misconduct report forms will be forwarded by the relevant match official(s) in the first instance to the appropriate authority which shall be determined by the competition in order that the appropriate suspensions can be determined. A report of all suspensions for a number of matches (match suspensions) and suspensions for a period of time (dated suspensions) will be forwarded to the National Secretary of the Scottish Amateur Football Association who will then refer such relevant suspensions to the Scottish Football Association for confirmation and effect to all football.

Serving of suspensions

The relevant football authority will confirm in writing to the player or official and their registered club the details of any suspension which has been imposed on the player or official. A player while serving a fixed penalty suspension cannot play for any team within his club until the team with which he committed the offence has played and completed the requisite number of games unless he is transferred to a new club in which case the suspension will be served when his new club has played and completed the required number of games..

(1) Any player receiving a games suspension as a result of an offence committed while playing for a Saturday club would be suspended from all Saturday football within the jurisdiction of the Scottish Amateur FA until his Saturday club had completed the requisite number of games.

The same criteria as (1) would apply to suspensions imposed as a result of offences committed while playing for a Sunday club with the player being suspended from all Sunday football under the jurisdiction of the Scottish amateur FA until his Sunday club has completed the requisite number of games.

Any match suspension or part thereof which remains outstanding at the end of a season or any extension thereof must be served at the commencement of the following season regardless of which club the player joins with the same principle being applied should a player be transferred to another club prior to the suspension commencing.

Any match suspension or part thereof which is outstanding when a player joins a new club at the start of the season or is transferred to another club during the season must be served with the player’s new club and the player will be ineligible to play for his new club until that club has played and completed the required number of matches.

A player can only serve a match suspension if he is registered with a club in membership of the Scottish Amateur Football Association and will only begin to serve his suspension from the date of his registration being accepted by the relevant authority.

When a player playing within the Highlands and Islands Region receives a game(s) suspension, that player is ineligible to play for any other club in membership of the Highlands and Islands Region of the Scottish Amateur Football Association until the team with which the player incurred the suspension has completed the requisite number of games.

All fixed penalty suspensions will commence on the Friday which is at least 14 days after the date of the postmark on the written notification of the suspension to the player or official and their club.

All dated suspensions which are imposed for a period of time of one year or longer must be dated to commence from the day after the date of the meeting at which the suspension was applied. All suspensions which are imposed for a period of time which is less than one year must be dated to commence seven days after the date of the meeting at which the suspension was applied.

A player or official suspended for a period of time (dated suspensions) shall be eligible to participate from 12 noon on the last date of his suspension.

Should a player play for a club not in membership of the Scottish Amateur Football Association during the period of a games(s) suspension he will not be considered to have served part of that suspension and will require to serve any remaining part of his suspension on return to amateur football.

Further Reports

If a player is further reported after having been ordered off and that report comes into the category of standard offences the appropriate fixed penalty would be added to his suspension for the first offence.