League Rule Changes

League Management committees and/or their Member Clubs can put forward changes to the League Rules annually for consideration at the League AGM.  

All Clubs within the League must be notified of proposed changes to the Rules prior to the AGM, and offered an opportunity to provide feedback and propose amendments to them.  

The deadlines for this process are set by Leagues under SCOR/Y Rule 14.

Once the League has received feedback and proposed amendments to Rule changes, they must be submitted to the County FA at least 28 days prior to the Annual General Meeting to confirm they are compliant with the Standard Codes and receive consent from the County FA.  Any proposed rule which does not comply with the Standard Codes must be amended or withdrawn prior to the AGM.

The proposed Rule changes must be set out clearly alongside the existing rule with an explanation for the proposed change, and state whether the change has been proposed by Clubs, the League Management Committee, or is a mandatory change required by The FA or County FA (please see the attached template). 

Relevant Rules and Deadlines

Submitting Updated Rules to the County FA

Following the League AGM, the League should incorporate all approved rule amendments (including updates to the Standard Code of Rules) into their League Rules and submit two copies to the County FA – one copy with changes marked, and one “clean” copy with changes incorporated.

For ease of reference, in the marked document please identify Standard Code changes in blue, Club or League amendments outside of Standard Code in red, and any deletions with a red strikethrough.  

Any alterations to the League Rules following the start of the season will only take effect from the start of the following season.  

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