basketballscotland Regulations and Code of Conduct Edited by Graham Shaw, Competitions and Officiating Manager Sent for Homologation by the basketballscotland Executive Board November 2018 Contents Section 1 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 basketballscotland Regulations and Policies for all basketball ............................................................................................................................... 3 1. Participation ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3 2. Registration Procedure ............................................................................................................................................................................. 3 3. Release System ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 4. Arbitration for player release ................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Section 2 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 basketballscotland Code of Conduct ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6 1. General Code of Conduct ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2. Specific additional code of conduct .......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Section 3 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8 basketballscotland Grievance and Disciplinary Policies & Procedures ................................................................................................................... 8 1. General Aims ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 4.1. Purpose of the Grievance Policy .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 4.2. Procedure – Informal Stage ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 4.4. Procedure – Formal Stage ................................................................................................................................................................... 8 4.5. Investigation ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 4.7. Right of Appeal .................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 5.3. Investigation ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 5.4. The Disciplinary Hearing .................................................................................................................................................................... 10 5.5. Possible outcomes of a Disciplinary Hearing ..................................................................................................................................... 11 5.5.2. Stage 1 - Verbal Warning ......................................................................................................................................................... 11 5.5.3. Stage 2 - Written Warning ....................................................................................................................................................... 11 5.5.5. Stage 4 – Suspension/Termination of Membership ................................................................................................................. 12 6. Right of Appeal ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Section 4 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 Basketballscotland National Competitions Regulations ....................................................................................................................................... 14 1. Management .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 2. Entry ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 3. Finance ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 4. National status and player eligibility, availability and welfare ............................................................................................................... 15 5. Fixtures ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 6. League positions ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 7. Uniforms ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 8. Facilities .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 21 9. Fines ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 10. Fines – Appeals System ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 11. Playing Rules and Pre-game regulations............................................................................................................................................ 22 12. Post-game .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 13. Game Disputes and Protests ............................................................................................................................................................. 23 14. Disciplinary action ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 15. Officials .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 16. Trophies ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 17. Sponsorship ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 18. Television/Video ................................................................................................................................................................................ 29 19. Image Rights & Publicity forums ........................................................................................................................................................ 29 20. Authority ..........................................................................................................................................................................................