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5. Powers of Management.
(A) The Management Committee may appoint such other sub-committee as they
may consider necessary and may delegate such of their powers as they deem
necessary to such Committees. The decisions of all such Committees shall be
reported to the Management Committee for ratification.
(B) Subject to the permission of the Gloucestershire Football Association
having been obtained, the Management Committee may order a match or matches
to be played each season, the proceeds to be donated to the funds of the
Competition and, if necessary, may call upon each Club (including any Club
that may have withdrawn during the season) to contribute equally such sums as
may be necessary to meet any deficiency at the end of the season. (See rule
6(e)).
(C) Each member of the Management Committee shall have the right to attend
and to vote at Management Committee meetings and will have one vote thereat,
but no Member shall be allowed to vote on any matters directly appertaining
to such Members or to the club so represented. (This shall apply to the
procedure of any sub committee).
In the event of the voting being equal on any matter, the Chairman shall have
a second or casting vote.
(D) The Management Committee shall have the power to apply, act upon and
enforce the Rules of the Competition and shall also have jurisdiction over
all matters affecting the Competition, including those not provided for in
the Rules. Except where these Rules provide for the imposition of a set
penalty any Club, Official or Player alleged to be in breach of Competition
Rule must be formally charged in writing & given the opportunity to
present their case before the Management Committee. All breaches of the Laws
of the Game or the Rules and Regulations of The Football Association shall be
dealt with in accordance with F.A. Rules.
(E) All decisions of the Management Committee shall be binding subject to the
right of Appeal to the Board of Appeal (in accordance with Rule 16).
Decisions of the Management Committee must be notified in writing within
seven days of the meeting unless such decision was made at a Management
Committee Meeting at which the Club was represented, in which case the Club
shall be deemed to have been officially notified.
(F) Five Members of the Management Committee shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business by the Management Committee .Three Members shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business by any sub-committee of
the Competition
(G) The Management Committee, as it may deem necessary, shall have power to
fill, in an acting capacity, any vacancies that may occur amongst their
number.
(H) A Club having failed to comply with an order or instruction of the
Management Committee, or failing to satisfactorily attend to the business
and/or the correspondence of the Competition shall be liable to be fined or
otherwise penalised at the discretion of the Management Committee. Any club
failing to reply to official correspondence from the league within seven days
shall be fined £15.
(I) All fines and charges shall be paid within 14 days of the date of posting
of the written notification.
Clubs, Officials or individuals committing a breach of this Rule shall be
suspended until payment is made and will incur such other penalties as the
Management Committee may impose.
(J) A member of the Management Committee appointed by the Competition to
attend a meeting or match may have any expenses incurred refunded by the
Competition.
(K) The Management Committee shall have the power to fill any vacancy that
may occur in the membership of the Competition between the Annual General or
Special Meeting called to decide the constitution and the commencement of the
Competition season.
(L) A register shall be maintained recording the arrival and departure of all
Club representatives at General Meetings. Any Club failing to be represented
for the duration of any General meeting shall be fined the sum of £5, unless,
having received a written application beforehand, the Management Committee
exceptionally grant permission for the Club to be represented by the chair,
or a Club is engaged in a Cheltenham League, Cheltenham Charities Cup or a
Gloucestershire Football Association Cup fixture on the same evening as a
General Meeting. This fine will increase by £2.50 for every similar and
subsequent General Meeting missed during the same season, up to a maximum of
£20. NO member of the Management Committee shall represent a club. No
individual shall represent more than one Club at any one meeting.
(M) Any Club required to attend at a Management Committee Meeting for any
breach of Rules shall be specially summoned to send a representative who is
able to answer the charges against his Club. Any Club failing to send a
representative who is able to answer charges shall be fined £10 this fine to
be additional to any charge made for the original offence, and the Club may
be further dealt with as the League may determine. Not less than three days
notice shall be given of any meeting.
(N) Officials and players are warned that each one is personally liable for
his share of any fine inflicted on his Club and may be called upon to meet
this obligation should the Club default.
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