CANTERBURY & WESTERN SUBURBS

CRICKET ASSOCIATION INC.


CODE OF CONDUCT

 

The following Code of Conduct is a supplement to Rule 52 of the Constitution of Canterbury & Western Suburbs Cricket Association. Rule 52 states that the "Code of Conduct" as adopted by the N.S.W.D.C.A. shall apply to all competitions.

 

1.         THE CODE OF CONDUCT (the Code)

 

1.1            Applies to all players, officials, office bearers, and members of Clubs that participate in any affiliated Association competition or fixture or the N.S.W.D.C.A.'s Inter‑Association competitions.

 

1.2       Applies to all officials, office bearers and members of all affiliated Umpire's Associations.

 

1.3       Applies to any person in 1.1 and 1.2, whether they are on or off the field or taking part in a match or not.

 

2.         RULES OF THE CODE

 

2.1       If the Code applies to a person, he or she must not:

 

(a)                assault or attempt to assault an umpire, another player or a spectator; or

 

(b)               abuse, either orally or physically, another player, umpire or a spectator; or

 

(c)        dispute, as distinct from question, an umpire's decision or react in an obviously provocative or disapproving manner towards an umpire, his decision, or generally following an umpire decision; or

 

(c)                use crude or abusive language, or engage in any form of conduct detrimental to the   spirit of the game, or likely to bring the game into disrepute; or

 

(e)                in any case use crude or abusive hand signals or other gestures; or

 

(f)         refuse to supply his full name and registered address, if any, when required by a person eligible to lodge a report.

 

2.2              The captain of a team may be held responsible for any continuing breaches of the Code by a player in his team, and may be reported for failure to control his team.

 

3.         WHO CAN LODGE A REPORT

 

A breach of the Code may be reported by:

 

(a)        any person in Clause 1.1 and 1.2

 

(b)        any person who sees or hears the conduct that breaches the Code.

 

4.         A BREACH OF THE CODE

 

4.1      A breach of the Code may be reported to the Local Association and any such report must be in writing setting out the full details of the breach.

 

4.2       If the breach is reported by a person in 1.1 and 1.2

 

(a)        the Secretary of the local Association must be informed as soon as possible after the breach; and

 

(b)        not later than 72 hours after the end of play for the day on which the said breach occurred, a written report setting out the full details of the alleged breach, must be given to the Secretary of the local Association; and

 

(c)        the person who reports the breach, must inform the person who has breached the  Code, that he or she is being reported and inform a member, official, office bearer of   the offender's Club, that the player is being reported.

 

(d)        If a person who is subject of the report is informed by the local Association under Clause 4.2(e) below, failure to comply with 4.2(c) above, does not invalidate the proceedings before the Judiciary.

 

(e)                If a report of a breach of the Code has been received by the local Association, it must

 

(i)         give a person who is subject of the report, a copy of that report; and

 

(ii)        give that person's Club or Association a copy of that report; and

 

(iii)       give the person who is subject of the report, a written notice to appear before the Judiciary

 

(iv)       the time and place of such Judiciary hearing must be set out in that notice and must be at least 72 hours after the person receives such notice. Any notice sent by post is deemed to have been received two days after the date of posting.

 

(v)        if the local Association or the N.S.W.D.C.A. deems it appropriate, it may ask the person who reported the breach to appear at the Judiciary hearing, by     giving notice in accordance with 4.2(e)(iv) above.

 

(vi)       the local Association or the N.S.W.D.C.A. should use its best endeavours to convene the Judiciary hearing before the next playing date of the competition, which is subject of the report.

 

(f)         If a person who was given notice under 4.2(e)(iii) above, does not appear at the hearing, the Judiciary may, if it is satisfied that the person did not receive that notice, set aside any order made in the absence of that person.

 

5.         THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

 

(a)        A Judiciary Committee should be appointed by the local Association, and will comprise such persons, as the Association deems fit. No person on that committee shall sit is a hearing which involves a person connected with the Club of which that person is a member.

 

(b)        If the Constitution and By‑Laws of the local Association or the N.S.W.D.C.A. allow, and the Judiciary is satisfied that a person has breached the Code then without limiting the range of penalties it may impose, the Judiciary may:

 

(i)                  reprimand that person; or

 

(ii)                fine that person; or

 

(iii)               suspend that person; or

 

(iv)              fine and suspend that person; or

 

(v)        suspend the operation of any penalty on any terms it thinks fit.

 

(c)        The Judiciary must report any action taken under 5(b) to the Committee of Management of the local Association, or the Executive Committee of the N.S.W.D.C.A., as the case may be.

 

6.         HEARINGS

 

Providing that Clause 4(e) has been complied with, the Judiciary may conduct the proceedings in the absence of the person who has been reported for a breach of the Code, and the person who lodged the report. As soon as practicable after the hearing, the Judiciary must tell the person who is subject of    the report, its decision, as well as giving written notice of its decision to:

 

(a)        the person who is subject of the report; and

 

(b)        that person's Club; and

 

(c)        the person who lodged the report.

 

7.         APPEALS

 

7.1       All appeals will be heard by the N.S.W.D.C.A. Any person who is found guilty of a breach of the Code by the Judiciary or any person who lodged the report under Clause 5.4 may appeal against the decision of the Judiciary.

 

Any appeal must be made in writing and must be lodged with the Secretary of the N.S.W.D.C.A. within seven days of being notified by the Judiciary of its decision, and must set out fully the grounds on which the appeal is being made. The Executive Committee of the N.S.W.D.C.A. must consider the appeal as soon as possible, and may, if it deems fit:

 

(i)         confirm; or

 

(ii)        amend the Judiciary's decision.

 

The Executive Committee of the N.S.W.D.C.A. must, in writing, inform the delegates at the next Council meeting of its decision. The decision of the N.S.W.D.C.A. is final in all matter concerning this Code, however, unless it is on a point of law, no further appeal may be made to the N.S.W.D.C.A. or any other body or Court. If an appeal has been lodged, a person suspended by the Judiciary must not take part in any match until the appeal has been determined.

 

7.2       A person other than the person who is an employee of the local Association or the N.S.W.D.C.A., who has been suspended or fined, or dealt with otherwise by the Judiciary and not completely exonerated on appeal:

 

(i)         is prohibited from acting in any administrative position or as an office bearer of his Club or Association; and

 

(ii)        is prohibited from acting as a captain of any team taking part in any fixture conducted by the local Association or the N.S.W.D.C.A.; and

 

(iii)       is ineligible to act as delegate to or as an office bearer of his local Association or the N.S.W.D.C.A. until the Annual General Meeting of the local Association that is held after the expiration of any suspension or after any fine imposed has been paid.

 

8.         FINES APPLICABLE

 

Any fine must be paid to the local Association or the N.S.W.D.C.A., as the case may be, within seven days of the person fined being notified that a fine has been imposed. A person is ineligible for selection in or appointment to any fixture set down by the local Association or the N.S.W.D.C.A. until any fine imposed on him/her has been paid. If the person who lodged the report is not a member of a local Umpire's Association or the NSW Cricket Umpire's Association Inc., who officiated at the match, the Judiciary must give written notice to the local Association or the Secretary of the N.S.WD.C.A., as the case may apply. A written notice under this clause must set out the details of  the report and the Judiciary hearing including its decision.

 

9.         JUDICIARY RECORDINGS OF HEARINGS

 

All local Associations must keep a register in which are to be recorded summaries of all proceedings, including decision, which have been dealt with by the Judiciary, and copies of such proceedings must be submitted to the Secretary of the N.S.W.D.C.A. without fail.