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*Administration - Registration Rules*
1.0		CATEGORIES
		To play in the league all players shall be registered under one or more of the following categories :-
		Category 1 – A player who is qualified to play for England and is not a category two player - See definition below.
		Category 2 – Contracted Player - to a first class County.
		Category 3 – Overseas Player - as defined by the ECB.
		Category 3E – Overseas Player (Exempt) – a player who has been normally resident in the UK for more than two years and has been granted an exemption by the Management Committee.

		Qualification of cricketers to play for England Subject to the overriding discretion of the ECB, acting with the consent of the International Cricket Council, a Cricketer will only be qualified to play for England in a Test Match or in a One Day International Match if:
	1.1	he is either a British Citizen or an Irish Citizen; and
	1.2.1	he was born within England and Wales; or
	1.2.2	he has been resident in England and Wales for the immediately preceding four consecutive years; and
	1.3	he has not during the immediately preceding four consecutive years either played cricket for any Full Member Country outside the EEA at U17 level or above, or played First Class Cricket in any such Full Member Country except as an overseas cricketer under local rules similar to Regulation 3, or in any other circumstances approved by the ECB; and
	2.1	In the case of a Cricketer seeking to become qualified under 1.2.2 above he will ( until he has become qualified to play for England) only be treated as having been resident within England and Wales for the relevant consecutive period if he has spent a minimum of 210 days in each year within England and Wales (for which purpose “year” shall mean a year ending 1st April)

2.0		PLAYER RESTRICTIONS
		Category l - no restrictions. Category 2 - maximum one per team unless the player has been a playing member of the club for more than two years. Category 3 - maximum one per team. Category 3E - maximum one per team. The classification of each player registered shall be subject to scrutiny and verification as directed by the League Management Committee. This may include inspection of passports, driving licences, birth certificates, visas, declarations of citizenship or other similar proof of identity and origin. Such data will be subject to data protection. In the event of there being no Cat 3 player in the team 2 Cat 3e players shall be allowed. An overseas player will not be eligible for NEW registration if he has played Test or One Day International cricket for a Test playing country since 1 April in the previous year. No player may be registered for more than one Premier League club unless approval is given by the League Management Committee. It will normally be given when a player is in full time education and the Management Committee is satisfied it is not practical for him to return to play for his club at weekends. No HCPCL registered player may play for another club in the Linked Leagues (constitution para 4.5c) without the approval of both leagues.

3.0		REGISTRATION FORM
		The League will use the web facilities of play-cricket.com for registration. Each club must register a site on play-cricket.com for this purpose. Every player must be registered for approval by the league by 10:00pm by the Wednesday before the player's proposed first league match. Players with EU passports will be treated as Cat1. The information to be entered on to play-cricket.com is as required by the play-cricket web site formats.
		In the case of players with overseas passports the information provided on play-cricket must be verified by the club forwarding to the Registration Secretary a copy of the relevant pages of the player’ passport by 10pm on the Wednesday before the players first match.
		For all players under the age of 18 the club address may be given in order to comply with the requirements of the ECB’s “safe hands” document.
		Instructions for the registration process, together with a full list of all registered players from the previous year, will be issued after the AGM each year to all competing clubs.
		In addition to registration every player must confirm his acceptance of the League’s Code of Conduct and the ECB’s Code of Conduct and Spirit of Cricket by signing the form which is issued to each club by the Registration Secretary.

4.0		TIMING OF REGISTRATION
	4.1	Pre season- To ensure players are eligible to play in the first game of the season registrations should be submitted to the Registration Secretary no later than 30th April. It may not be possible to process registrations received after this date in time for the first game. The Registration Secretary will issue to each club a list of their Category 1 registered players in duplicate. Each player on the list will be required to sign against their name to indicate their acceptance of the present code of conduct.
	4.2	Subsequently the registration of all new players must be received by the Registration Secretary by 10 pm on the Wednesday before play commences in the relevant league match.
	4.3	No player may be registered after 31st July of each season without the approval of the Management Committee. The Committee will normally allow post 31st July registrations for young players from age groups U17 and below provided - the normal registration procedure is followed - the player has been a member of the club from the start of the season - he has played regularly in the lower elevens - it is not to enable the club to strengthen its lower elevens by releasing first eleven players - it is to give younger players experience of the longer match format.

5.0		TRANSFERS
	5.1	The Transfer regulations apply to transfers both between clubs in the league and transferring both in and out of the league. All transfers both before the start of the season and during the season must be on the approved League transfer form. A transfer will only be completed when the Registration Secretary has indicated that he has received and approved the completed transfer form. Any transfer will also be subject to the transfer regulations of the leagues from which the player is departing.
	5.2	No transfers will be allowed after 31st July.
	5.3	Category 2, 3, and 3E players cannot be transferred during the current season.
	5.4	Any registered player joining from a club in a League or Championship outside the Home Counties Premier League must have written consent from his former club, and League or Championship prior to playing and must have discharged all financial and other obligations to his former Club and League. Clubs will only be allowed one such inward transfer during the season, and a player transferred on this basis cannot join a Club and play after 31st July unless the Management Committee agrees otherwise. A transfer form must be completed for each transfer.
	5.5	All players may change clubs outside the season, providing that they have written agreement that they have discharged all financial and other obligations to their former Club(s) and League. A transfer form must be completed for each transfer.

6.0		PENALTIES FOR PLAYING AN UNREGISTERED PLAYER
	6.1	If a club plays an unregistered player, the club will lose all the points gained in the match in question.
	6.2	If a club is found guilty of attempting to hide the playing of an unregistered player by using the name of a registered player, the club will, in addition to losing all the points gained, have a further 25 points deducted.
	6.3	If a club is guilty of playing an unregistered player more than once in a season the Disciplinary and Complaints Sub-Committee may in addition to deducting all the points gained apply further sanctions.
	6.4	An unregistered player may field as a substitute.

7.0		PRIORITY
		Any player selected for an ECB XI or County Representative match who does not make himself available will not be eligible to play in a Premier League match scheduled for the same day unless approval is received from the ECB Director of Cricket Operations, Cricket Operations Manager (Recreational Cricket), or from the Manager of the County team in the case of County matches. This rule also covers the period when players would be expected to travel / report for ECB or County matches.

8.0		APPEALS
		The process and time-scales for dealing with registration matters and appeals will be as defined for disciplinary matters i.e.
		Disciplinary and Complaints Sub-Committee will deal with the original issue.
		Appeals Panel appointed by the Management Committee will handle any appeal.
		Any matter, which cannot be resolved by the league, can be referred to the ECB Registration Committee, whose decision is final.
Last updated: 29 December 2009

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