2021 DISCIPLINARY REGULATIONS Contents 1. Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 6 1.1 Objectives and Application of the Regulations .............................................................................. 6 2. Authorities and Jurisdiction ................................................................................................................. 7 2.1 Football Queensland (FQ):............................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Jurisdiction .......................................................................................................................................... 7 3. Laws of the Game and Match Officials ............................................................................................. 7 3.1 Match Official Jurisdiction................................................................................................................. 8 4. Authority to Establish Committees and Tribunals ........................................................................... 8 4.1 Authority to Establish Committees and Tribunals (Football Queensland) ................................ 8 4.3 Membership of Bodies ...................................................................................................................... 8 4.4 Composition of Bodies ...................................................................................................................... 8 4.5 Qualification of Body Members ....................................................................................................... 9 4.6 Term .................................................................................................................................................... 9 4.7 Resignation and Removal of Body Members ................................................................................ 9 4. 8 Code of Conduct for Body Members ............................................................................................. 9 5. Correspondence, Prescribed Forms and Match Official Reports ................................................. 9 5.1 Correspondence and Prescribed Forms ........................................................................................ 9 5.2 Send-Off Reports and Incident Reports ......................................................................................... 9 6. No Recourse to Courts ......................................................................................................................10 7. Skill Acquisition Program (SAP) .......................................................................................................11 8. Mediation .............................................................................................................................................11 9. Administrative Procedures of Bodies ..............................................................................................11 9.1 Electronic Documents .....................................................................................................................11 9.2 Responsibility of Football Queensland .........................................................................................12 9.3 Submission by a party ....................................................................................................................12 9.4 Affected Party ...................................................................................................................................12 9.5 Legal Representation ......................................................................................................................13 9.6 Match Official Reports and Attendance of Match Officials at Committees .............................13 9.7 Parent/Guardian ..............................................................................................................................13 9.8 Non-attendance ...............................................................................................................................13 9.9 Adjournment .....................................................................................................................................13 9.10 Stay of Proceedings ......................................................................................................................14 9.11 General Conduct of Committee Hearings..................................................................................14 9.12 Suspension of Implementation of Sanctions .............................................................................15 9.13 Repeat Offences ............................................................................................................................16 9.14 Disclosure of Committee/Panel Members .................................................................................16 9.15 Challenge of Jurisdiction of a Committee/Panel or of a Committee/Panel Member ...........16 9.16 Standard of Proof ..........................................................................................................................16 9.17 Costs Generally .............................................................................................................................16 9.18 Immunity .........................................................................................................................................16 9.19 Correction of a Determination .....................................................................................................16 9.20 Publication and Confidentiality ....................................................................................................17 9.21 Legal Advice ...................................................................................................................................17 9.22 Football Queensland Staff ...........................................................................................................17 9.23 Fines ................................................................................................................................................17 9.24 Football Queensland Representative .........................................................................................17 9.25 Documents Submitted to Football Queensland ........................................................................17 10. On Field Misconduct – Players ....................................................................................................18 10.1 Yellow Card Offences ...................................................................................................................18 10.2 Sin Bin .............................................................................................................................................18 10.3 Accumulation of Yellow Cards – Premiership ...........................................................................19 10.4 Accumulation of Yellow Cards – Cup .........................................................................................19 10.5 Accumulation of Yellow Cards – Tournaments .........................................................................19 10.6 Red Card Offences .......................................................................................................................20 10.7 Accumulation of Red Cards .........................................................................................................21 10.8 Notification of Yellow Card Accumulation and Red Card Offences and Responsibility of Records ...................................................................................................................................................21 10.9 Team Misconduct ..........................................................................................................................21 11. Misconduct – Team Officials ........................................................................................................22 11. 1 Team Official Yellow Cards ........................................................................................................22 11.2 Accumulation of Yellow Cards – Premiership ...........................................................................22 11.3 Accumulation of Yellow Cards – Cup .........................................................................................23 11.4 Accumulation of Yellow Cards – Tournaments .........................................................................23 11.6 Accumulation of Red Cards .........................................................................................................25 11.7 Notification of Yellow Card Accumulation and Red Card Offences and Responsibility of Records ...................................................................................................................................................25 12. Regrading .......................................................................................................................................26 13. Off Field Misconduct and/or Disrepute .......................................................................................26 13.1 Misconduct .....................................................................................................................................26 13.2 Bringing the