FFT Competition Rules

National Premier Leagues- Tasmania COMPETITION RULES 2017 Copyright: © 2016 by Football Federation Tasmania Ltd. All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced by any means or in any form without the express permission of the Football Federation Tasmania Ltd. Football Federation Tasmania Ltd has the right to vary the contents of this document from time to time. Document prepared by: Football Federation Tasmania Ltd Football House, 18 Grove Road PO Box 371, Glenorchy TAS 7010 Page | 1 Table of Contents 1 ........................................................................................................................................... Definitions 4 2 .................................................................................................................... Commencement of Rules 5 3 ........................................................................................................................ Compliance with Rules 5 4 ................................................................................................................... Players and Support Staff 5 5 ............................................................................................. Registration of Players and Age Criteria 5 6 ............................................................................................................................................ Managers 6 6.1 ............................................................................................................................. Match Managers 6 6.1.2 .............................................................................................................. Match day requirements 6 6.1.3 ................................................................................................ The Duties of the Match Manager 6 6.2 ............................................................................................................................... Team Managers 6 6.2.1 ................................................................................................. The Duties of the Team Manager 7 6.3 ............................................................................................................................Breaches of Rule 7 7 7 ............................................................................................................................................... Officials 7 8 ............................................................................................................................................... Grounds 7 8.1 .................................................................................................................................. Team benches 7 8.2 ......................................................................................................................... Pitch exclusion zone 7 8.3 .................................................................................... Ground marking, goals and dressing rooms 7 8.4 ...................................................................................................................................... Ground size 8 8.5 ............................................................................................................. Lighting and night matches 8 8.6 ............................................................................................ Medical support/ stretcher/blood rule 8 9 ............................................................................................................................... Laws of the Game 8 10 ...................................................................................................................................... Playing Strip 9 11 ............................................................................................................... Payment of Fees and Fines 10 12 ........................................................................................................................................ Substitutes 10 13 ............................................................................................................................ Player Restrictions 10 13.1 .............................................................................................................................. Player Eligibility 10 13.2 ....................................................................................................................................... Squad List 10 13.3 ...................................................................................................................... Player Points System 11 13.3.1 ........................................................................................................................ Player movement 11 13.4 .................................................................................................................................... Visa Players 11 13.5 ................................................................................................... Guest Players/ Marquee Players 12 13.6 ........................................................................................................................... Challenge League 12 13.7 ........................................................................................................................... Player movement 12 14 ......................................................................................................................... Fixtures and Forfeits 11 14.1 ........................................................................................................................................... Fixtures 12 14.2 .............................................................................................................................. Match Duration 12 14.2.1 .................................................................................................................. Timings on game day 12 14.2.2 .................................................................................................................... Game day template 12 14.3 ........................................................................................................................................... Forfeits 14 14.4 ..................................................................................... Postponed Matches/ Weather Conditions 14 15 ....................................................................................................................................... Match Balls 14 16 ................................................................................................................................... Match Results 14 17 .................................................................................................................................. Admission Fees 14 18 ...................................................................................................... Ladder Positions and Final Series 14 18.1 ............................................................................................................................. Ladder Positions 15 18.2 ..................................................................................................................................... League Cup 15 19 ......................................................................................................................... Abandoned Matches 16 20 .................................................................................. Intrastate , Interstate and Overseas Matches 16 20.1 .......................................................................................................................... Overseas Matches 16 Page | 2 20.2 .............................................................................................................................. Interstate Matches 16 20.3 ............................................................................................................................. Intrastate Matches 16 21 ................................................................................................................................ Disciplinary System 16 21.1 ................................................................................................................................................ General 17 21.2 .......................................................................................................... Caution (Yellow Card Offences) 17 21.3 ................................................................................................................. Administration of Cautions 17 21.3.1 .................................................................................. Serving of accumulated cautions suspension 18 21.4 ............................................................................................................ Expulsion (Red Card Offences) 17 21.4.1 ....................................................................................................................... Fixed Penalty System 19 21.4.2 .................................................................................................................... Participant Misconduct 19 21.4.3 ................................................................................................................... Substantiating evidence 19 21.4.4 ........................................................................................................................... Match suspensions 19 212.4.5 ............................................................

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