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8.5. Appeals

The Board and Executive shall be empowered to deal with any query, dispute or breach concerning the Rules, General Organisation and All Playing Conditions of the GMCL (the Rules) and its decision shall be final.

8.5.1. The Disciplinary Sub-Committee will deal with all matters of discipline 

8.5.1.1. as detailed in Code of Conduct, Spirit of Cricket, and Disciplinary Regulations. 

8.5.1.1.1. If the Board or Executive consider any matter under consideration to be a disciplinary matter, then it shall be referred to the Disciplinary Sub-Committee.

8.5.2. The Penalties Appendix above indicates which matters are not appealable and which are appealable.

8.5.2.1. Where any Member Club wishes to appeal against a decision of the Board, the Executive or any subcommittees thereof or any of its Secretaries, such Member Club must do so in writing within 14 days of notification of the relevant decision, accompanied by a payment of £150.

8.5.2.1.1. Such an appeal will be considered by the Board or Executive, which may amend or revoke the original decision or allow it to stand. 

8.5.2.1.2. The £150 shall only be returned in full if the appeal results in the original decision being revoked in full. 

8.5.2.2. The only ground for appeal is that the club concerned can show that there is a manifest error in the decision made 

8.5.2.2.1. i.e. an error on the facts of the matter alone that is so obvious as to be indisputable. 

8.5.2.3. As an example only, and without limitation, examples of matters, which are NOT grounds for appeal, are the player’s impact or involvement in the game concerned, ignorance of the Rules or poor administration.