9. PLAYERS’ AGENTS
9.1 A Players’ Agent cannot have an involvement in any Club in
an official capacity (as defined by the Board) nor may he hold office
with the Competition.
9.2 All Clubs must comply with The FA Regulations concerning
Players’ Agents.

10. FINANCIAL RECORDS
10.1 All Clubs shall keep their accounting records for recording
the fact and nature of all receipts and payments so as to disclose
with reasonable accuracy, at any time, the financial position
including the assets and liabilities of the Club.
10.2 The home Club shall retain all gate receipts. Where a match
is declared all ticket the Away Club shall be entitled to 10% of the
total number of tickets available or a minimum of 600, whichever is
the greater, subject to any stipulation by the relevant safety
authority affecting these figures.
Clubs must ensure that all gate receipts are fully and properly
recorded and accounted for in the accounting records of the club.
Clubs should have a system in operation for home games that
enables them to accurately report on the following;
A record of all tickets sold in advance
A reconciliation of cash received by category of entrant through
each turnstile
The number of entrants through each turnstile
A schedule of the numbers admitted to parts of the stadium that do
not pass through a turnstile
A list of complimentary tickets authorised
This documentation should be reconciled to the overall takings and
declared attendance for each home game.
10.3 For Competition league matches only, the travelling
expenses of match officials shall be pooled, each Club rendering on
the match report details of all payments made. The Company shall,
at the conclusion of the season, divide the total cost of officials in
each division by the total number of Clubs in that division and
where the total payment made by the Club is less than the equal
share of the pool, the Club shall pay the difference within 14 days
of the date of posting of the written notification to the Club. Where
the sum paid by the Club is more than the equal share of the pool,
the Club will be reimbursed from the pool of monies received from
all the other Clubs.
10.4 In the event of a transfer of a player where a consideration is
agreed, the consideration can only be paid between the two clubs
(the transferor and transferee clubs).
The full name of each contracting club should be stated in the
transfer agreement. The full consideration involved must be
recorded in the accounting records of both clubs.
10.5 THIS RULE DOES NOT APPLY TO THE WESSEX
FOOTBALL LEAGUE
10.6 All loans extended to a Club must be documented in full in
the accounting records of the Club.
Documentation supporting each loan must be retained and should
include the following information:
• The value of the loan
• The length of the loan
• The interest rate charged, and whether this is fixed or variable
• Repayment terms
• The full names of the individual or corporate body extending
the loan
• The terms in the event of a default on the loan
The document should be signed by two directors, Officers or
Executive Committee Members who are independent of the party
extending the loan.

11. FOOTBALL CREDITORS
Where a Club defaults in making any payments to any Football
Creditor, the Club shall be subject to such penalty as the Board of
Directors may decide.

12. RESULT/REPORT FORMS
Each Club shall submit the fully completed copy of the appropriate
match result forms by first class post to the Appointing Authority
and the Competition in an envelope showing a postmark within 3
days of the match. Clubs may also use the result and email or Fax
option where the card should reach the Appointing Authority within
three (3) days of the match. When a Club considers that the Referee
has discharged his duties incompetently and awards a mark of 49
or less, a detailed report must be sent to the appointing authority
within three days of the match by first class post. Clubs in default
of any provision of the Rule will be subject to a fine for each offence
in accordance with the Fines Tariff.

13. CHAMPION, RELEGATION
13.1 Three points will be awarded for a win at home or away and one point for a drawn match at home or away.
13.2 At the end of the Playing Season of each competition a table will be compiled showing the playing record of each Club in each division of the Competition.
The position of each Club in the table so compiled shall be determined in order with the Club being awarded the highest number of points being first and the Club being awarded the second highest number of points being placed second and so on. In the event of two or more clubs being awarded the same number of points the highest placed Club shall be decided as follows:
13.2.1 Goal difference – The goals scored against by each Club shall be deducted from the goals scored by that Club and the largest difference shall be placed the highest.
13.2.2 In the event of the goal difference being equal the highest placed Club shall be the Club which has scored the most goals;
13.2.3 In the event that two or more Clubs have the same goal difference and have scored the same number of goals then the highest placed Club shall be the Club which has won the most matches.
13.2.4 In the event of the two Clubs still being equal the Club which has the better playing record against the other Club in their head to head Competition matches during the Season will be the highest placed Club.
13.2.5 If the records of two or more Clubs are still equal and it is necessary for any reason to determine the position of each then the Clubs concerned shall play off a deciding match or matches on a neutral ground or grounds with the net gate money after deducting the usual matches expenses being divided equally between the two completing Clubs.
13.3 Promotion, relegation and lateral movement of Clubs shall be in accordance with the principles established by the Leagues Committee of The FA.
13.4 [each League to insert provision for promotion and relegation not covered by NLSC]
13.5 If no Clubs are eligible or wish promotion, the number of Clubs to be relegated will be reduced.
13.6 In the event of a Club, not being placed in a relegation position at the end of the season, wishing to resign from the Competition at the end of the season, or having been removed from membership under the Articles the number of Clubs to be relegated shall be reduced accordingly.
13.7 In the event of a Club opting to be relegated or being removed from membership under the Articles such Club or Clubs will replace the Club or Clubs otherwise due for relegation.
13.8 If any Club ceases to operate between the annual general meeting of the Company and the commencement of the following Playing Season, no adjustments to the number of Clubs participating in the Competition will be made. The remaining Clubs will participate in the Competition for that season.
13.9 A Club which for any reason ceases to operate at any time during the Playing Season may have its playing record expunged, and any monies due to them from the Company shall be forfeited. From the date of the withdrawal no further payment shall become due to them. From the date of the withdrawal, that Club shall cease to be a member of the Company.

14. SPORTING SANCTIONS
14.1 If an Insolvency Event shall occur in relation to any Club that
Club shall be deducted 10 points. The deduction shall be made
forthwith on the happening of the first Insolvency Event.
14.2 Where the Club takes or suffers an Insolvency Event:-
14.2.1 at any time during the Playing Season, the points deduction
shall apply immediately;
14.2.2 outside the Playing Season, the point’s deduction shall
apply in respect of the following Season with the effect that such
that the Club starts that Season on minus 10 points.
14.3 For the avoidance of doubt, where a Club is subject to more
than Insolvency Event (for example Administration followed by a
Company Voluntary Arrangement), the Club shall only be deducted
one set of 10 points, such deduction to apply with effect from the
first Insolvency Event.
14.4 The Competition shall serve the Club with written notice of
the point’s deduction (the ‘Notice’).
14.5 A Club may only appeal against an automatic deduction of
points on the ground that the insolvency proceedings arose solely
as a result of a Force Majeure event (the ‘Appeal’). For the
purposes of this Rule 14, a ‘Force Majeure’ event shall be an event
that, having regard to all of the circumstances, is reasonably
considered to have been unforeseeable and unavoidable.
14.6 Any Appeal must be in writing and be received by the
Competition at its registered office no later than 7 days after the
Competition serves the Notice. The Appeal must contain a
statement setting out the grounds of appeal and provide copies of
any documentation upon which the Club intends to rely in support
of the Appeal.
14.7 The Club must also lodge with the Competition, at the same
time as the Appeal, a deposit fee in respect of the costs of the
Appeal.
14.8 Upon receipt of the Appeal the Competition Secretary shall
refer the matter to an SSAP by delivering to the Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators (or such other body as the Board may from time to
time determine) five copies of the appeal documents together with
a request for the appointment of Arbitrators as set out in hereof.
14.9 The SSAP shall consist of three Arbitrators, one of whom
must be a barrister (or solicitor) of at least 5 years call who will act
as Chairman of the SSAP, each to be appointed by the Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators (or such other body as the Board may from
time to time determine) as provided above.
14.10 The Competition shall, immediately upon receipt of the
Appeal, instruct a firm of independent accountants to carry out a
review of the Club’s activities for the purposes of preparing an
independent report into the circumstances surrounding and leading
up to the entering into insolvency proceedings. The Club shall meet
the costs of preparation of that report in any event. The report shall
be provided to the Club, the SSAP and the Competition. The SSAP
shall take into account the contents of that report when determining
whether the insolvency proceedings arose solely as a result of a
Force Majeure event.
14.11 Both the Club and the Competition shall be entitled to make
representations to the SSAP. The SSAP shall use all reasonable
endeavours to hear any appeal within 21 days of the lodgement of
the Appeal.
14.12 The SSAP shall have the power to:-
14.12.1 confirm the deduction of ten points; or
14.12.2 set aside the deduction of ten points and substitute a
deduction of such lower number of points as it shall deem
appropriate; or
14.12.3 order that there shall be no sanction at all.
14.13 The decision of the SSAP shall be final and binding. Any
costs incurred by any party in appeal proceedings brought before
the SSAP shall be met by the Club in any event and shall be
considered as a sum due to the Company.
14.14 Any sanctions imposed pursuant to these provisions shall
not be taken into account in respect of any other sanctions,
penalties or fines that may be imposed by the Competition in
respect of any breaches of its rules and
Regulations or Articles of Association by the Club.