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(A) Registered Referees and
Assistant Referees, when required, for all matches shall be
appointed by the Referees Appointments Officer in a manner
approved by the Management Committee and by the sanctioning
Association.
(B) In the event of the non-appearance of the appointed
referee or in cases where the competition has been unable to
appoint a referee, the Clubs shall agree upon a Referee. A
Referee thus agreed upon shall, for that game, have the full
powers, status and authority of a registered Referee.
(C) Not applicable.
(D) The appointed Referee shall have power to decide as to
the fitness of the ground in all matches and the decision
shall be final subject to either in the case of a ground of
a Local Authority or the owners of a ground, the
Representative of that body is the sole arbiter and whose
decision must be accepted unless the ground is declared fit
for play.
(E) Match Officials appointed under this Rule shall be
entitled to charge standard class public transport expenses
or private car expenses of thirty pence per mile and any
other permitted expenses actually incurred together with the
following match fees:-
Referee £13.00 for Youth Football and £9.00 for Mini-Soccer
fixtures. Registered Referees appointed by the Management
Committee as Assistant Referees £7.00 for Youth Football and
£4.00 for Mini-Soccer fixtures, subject to any limits laid
down by the sanctioning Association(s).
The Home Club shall pay the Officials their fees and
expenses immediately after the match.
(F) In the event of a match not being played because of
circumstances over which the Clubs have no control, the
Match Officials, if present, shall be entitled to half fee
plus expenses. Where a match is not played owing to one Club
being in default, that Club shall be ordered to pay the
Officials, if they attend the ground, their full fee and
expenses.
(G) A Referee not keeping his or her engagement, and failing
to give a satisfactory explanation as to their
non-appearance, may be reported to the County Football
Association with which he or she is registered.
(H) Both home and away teams shall provide a responsible
assistant referee to assist the referee.
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