28. Appeals Procedure

Appeals against decisions of The Association, Affiliated Associations and Competitions sanctioned by The Association.

  1. Every appeal must be lodged with the Secretary of The Association within fourteen (14) days’ of posting the written notification of the original decision or decisions appealed against. Every appeal must be accompanied by an Appeal Fee as follows:
    1. An appeal against a decision of The Association must be accompanied by an Appeal Fee of seventy-five pounds (£75), except in the case of schoolchildren under the statutory school-leaving age when the fee shall be ten pounds (£10).
    2. An appeal against a decision of an Affiliated Association must be accompanied by an Appeal Fee of thirty-five pounds (£35), except in the case of schoolchildren under the statutory school-leaving age when the fee shall be ten pounds (£10).
    3. An appeal against a decision of a competition sanctioned by The Association must be accompanied by an Appeal Fee, determined by that competition, which shall be not less than thirty-five pounds (£35).
  2. Appeals shall be permitted only under the rules of the respective associations or competitions and on one or more of the following grounds:
    1. The Association, Affiliated Association or Competition failed to give the appellant a fair hearing.
    2. The Association. Affiliated Association or Competition acted unconstitutionally.
    3. The Association, Affiliated Association or Competition came to a decision which it should not have come to on the facts of the case.
    4. Against the penalty imposed and/or amount of compensation awarded.
  3. In lodging an appeal an appellant shall state in writing full reasons for the appeal, and specify on which one or more of the above clauses (b)(i) (b)(iv) the appeal is based. An Appeals Board shall adjudicate only on the clause or clauses specified.
  4. Appeals shall not be withdrawn except by leave of The Council or the Appeals Board appointed. The implementation of the decision or decisions subject to the appeal shall not be suspended pending the Appeal Hearing unless the appellant has made a written application for setting aside and it has been granted by the Council, after consultation with the Affiliated Association or Competition concerned.
  5. Unless the Council otherwise determine, appeals shall be heard by an Appeal Board consisting of three members of the Council.
  6. An appeal hearing shall neither be conducted as a re-hearing of the case nor shall fresh evidence be permitted except with the permission of the Appeals Board.
  7. The Appeals Board shall have power to adjourn the hearing wholly or in part, and having heard the submissions of both parties shall make one of the following decisions:
    1. allow or dismiss the appeal;
    2. vary the decision or decisions appealed against;
    3. order a re-hearing of the original case by the Affiliated Association concerned, or by another Affiliated Association, or by The Association or, in appropriate cases, by the sanctioned competition. In any re-hearing ordered the decision or decisions reached shall be final and binding on all parties.
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