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Regulations Governing the Qualification and Registration of Cricketers to Play County Cricket Regulations Governing the Qualification and Registration of Cricketers 1 Definitions In these Regulations: 1.1 “Appeal Panel” means the Appeal Panel, appointed pursuant to Regulation 11. 1.2 “Approved Cricket” means a Domestic Cricket Event as defined by the ICC in Regulation 32 of the ICC Regulations. 1.3 “Arbitration Panel” means the Arbitration Panel, appointed pursuant to Regulation 8. 1.4 “Competition” means each of the LV= County 10 Championship, the Friends Life t20 and the Yorkshire Bank 40. R e g u l 1.5 “Competitive County Cricket” means: a t i o n (a) the LV= County Championship and the Minor s G Counties Championship; o v e r (b) the Yorkshire Bank 40 and the Friends Life t20 ; and n i n g t (c) any other similar competition authorised by and h e designated as Competitive County Cricket by the ECB. Q u a l i 1.6 “County”, except where the context may otherwise f i c a require, means any one of the County Cricket Clubs t i o n from time to time playing in the LV= County a n Championship or the Minor Counties Championship d R and, in relation to the Yorkshire Bank 40 includes e g i s Scotland, the Netherlands and the Unicorns. t r a t i o 1.7 “Cricketer” means a cricketer who is or seeks to be n o qualified and/or registered in accordance with these f C r i Regulations. c k e t 1.8 “ECB” means the England and Wales Cricket Board, or e r s a duly appointed committee thereof. 145 1.9 “EEA” means the European Economic Area, namely member of the ICC and “Affiliate Member Country” the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern means a country which is an affiliate member of the ICC. Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Belgium, the 1.14 “Governing Body” means, in relation to an Unqualified Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Italy, Germany, Cricketer, the Governing Body or Bodies (if any) for Denmark, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Finland, cricket of any ICC Full Member country or countries for Sweden, Norway, Liechtenstein, Iceland, Cyprus, the which he is qualified to play in a Test Match. Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, 1.15 “Group Stages” means, in relation to the Friends Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Life t20 and the Yorkshire Bank 40, the period from the Romania and includes each of its member states as first scheduled group match of the Competition until the from time to time applicable. last scheduled group match in the Competition. 1.10 “Finals Stage” means in relation to the Friends Life t20 1.16 “ICC” means the International Cricket Council. and the Yorkshire Bank 40, the period from the day 1.17 “ICC Regulations” means the ICC Regulations as after the last scheduled group match in the relevant amended from time to time. Competition to the last scheduled day for the final of that Competition. 1.18 “Notice of Appeal” shall have the meaning set out at 10 Regulation 11.2. 1.11 “First Class Cricket” means First Class Cricket as R e recognised by the ICC and, at the discretion of the 1.19 “Official Cricket” means cricket which is classified as g u l official cricket under the ICC Regulations. a ECB, other Approved Cricket which is not recognised t i o n as First Class Cricket by the ICC, but which is played 1.20 “Professional Cricket” means all competitive cricket s G by teams which also play First Class Cricket and/or List played by teams of a professional standard or in which o v e A cricket as recognised by the ICC (and for the the Cricketer is being paid to participate as a r n i n purposes of this definition, teams playing First Class professional player, in each case whether or not g t recognised as Official Cricket by the ICC and includes h Cricket shall include, without limitation and until further e First Class Cricket. Q notice to the contrary, the teams which participate or u a l i have participated in either the BCCI approved IPL or f i 1.21 “Qualified Cricketer” shall have the meaning set out in c a the Cricket Australia approved “Big Bash” tournament t Regulation 2.1. i o n or teams which play in any analogous Approved a 1.22 “Residing” and “resident” mean the occupation of a n Cricket in any format of the game). d bona fide home (i.e. the only or main home of the R e 1.12 “First Class County” means a county to which the g Cricketer concerned) and the acquisition of temporary i s t r ECB has officially accorded first class status being accommodation during the season may not fulfil this a t i o those counties listed as first class county clubs in the requirement. n o f ECB’s Articles of Association from time to time. 1.23 A “season” means the English cricket season running C r i c 1.13 “Full Member Country” means a country which is a from the first day of the first match of the first class or k e t full member of the ICC and “Associate Member one day season to the last day of the last match of the e r s Country” means a country which is an associate first class or one day season, both dates inclusive, and 146 147 the “close season” means the period from the day after (b) he has not, within the 12 months leading up to April 1st the last day of the last match of the first class or one immediately before the season in question, or at any day season to the day before the first day of the first time subsequently before applying for and being match of the first class or one day season in the next granted his registration with his county either (i) played year, both dates inclusive. cricket for any Full Member Country outside the EEA at 1.24 “Test Match” means any match recognised as such by U17 level or above, or (ii) played Professional Cricket in the ICC and “One Day International Match” means a any country outside the EEA except for First Class limited overs international match (or a series of such Cricket or other Official Cricket or Approved Cricket as matches) between Full Member Countries, or between an overseas cricketer under local rules promulgated by Associate and/or Affiliate Member Countries with ICC the relevant governing body of the Full or Associate or ODI status, or between a Full Member Country and an Affiliate Member Country similar to Regulation 3, or in Associate and/or Affiliate Member Country with ICC any other circumstances approved by the ECB or (iii) ODI status. “International Twenty20 Match” means a played Professional Cricket in a country within the EEA 20 over international match (or a series of such which is not recognised as Official Cricket or Approved matches) between Full Member Countries, or between Cricket; and 10 Associate and/or Affiliate Member Countries, or (c) he does not, during the currency of his contract with his R between a Full Member Country and an Associate e g County or his registration with his County either (i) play u l and/or Affiliate Member Country. a t cricket for any Full Member Country outside the EEA at i o n 1.25 “Unqualified Cricketer” means any Cricketer who s U17 level or above, or (ii) play Professional Cricket in any G does not fulfil all of the requirements of Regulation 2.1. o country outside the EEA except for First Class Cricket or v e r other Official Cricket or Approved Cricket as an n i n 2 Qualifications for Registration for g overseas cricketer under local rules promulgated by the t h Competitive County Cricket e relevant governing body of the Full or Associate or Q 2.1 Subject to the overriding discretion of the ECB and u Affiliate Member Country similar to Regulation 3, or in a l i f i subject as provided below, a Cricketer will only be any other circumstances approved by the ECB or (iii) c a t i qualified to play in a Competitive County Cricket match o play Professional Cricket in a country within the EEA n (a “Qualified Cricketer” ) if: a which is not recognised as Official Cricket or Approved n d (a) he is an EEA national (other than a Bulgarian and Cricket; and R e g i Romanian national), a national of Bulgaria and Romania s (d) he makes, whenever requested by the ECB, a t r a who is able to exercise a treaty right as a worker in the t i declaration in the form set out in Annex A to these o n United Kingdom without restriction, or a national of a Regulations. o f state which is a party to an agreement with the EU and C r i 2.2 If at any time the Cricketer becomes disqualified through c its member states providing that their nationals lawfully k e the provisions of Regulation 2.1(c), he must notify both t employed within the EEA shall have employment rights e r s equal to those of EEA nationals; and the ECB and his County. In this circumstance, subject to 148 149 the overriding discretion of the ECB, the ECB will Yorkshire Bank 40: a maximum of one Unqualified immediately cancel the Cricketer’s registration as a Cricketer Qualified Cricketer and he may not apply again for Friends Life t20: a maximum of two Unqualified registration as a Qualified Cricketer during the term of Cricketers the contract between the Cricketer and the County for which he was originally registered as a Qualified 3.3 In respect of any Competitive County Cricket which is Cricketer.
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