Re: Jérémy Hélan & City (Merged)
Copied and Pasted from the FA Web-site. There's a link to Rules and Regs on their web-site.
Boring!
Copied and Pasted from the FA Web-site. There's a link to Rules and Regs on their web-site.
Boring!
RULES RELATING TO PLAYERS
Players with Written Contracts
1 (a) Minimum Age
(i) A Player under 18 years of age and in receipt of full-time education2 may not enter
into a contract of employment with a Club in membership of The Association
and/or an Affiliated Association.
(ii) A Player under 17 years of age may not enter into a contract of employment with
a Club in membership with The Association and/or an Affiliated Association,
except under a Scholarship as provided for by Rule C3.
(b) Financial Arrangements – Registration
(i) Subject to paragraph (a) and (b)(ii) to (b)(vii) of this Rule, and to the rules and
regulations of the league of which the Club is a member, any Club in membership
of The Association and/or an Affiliated Association may negotiate a financial
arrangement with its Players.
(ii) All Players under written contract must be registered with The Association.
(iii) No Club shall enter into a contract which enables any other party to that contract
to acquire the ability materially to influence the Club’s policies or the performance
of its teams in Matches and/or Competitions.
2 Throughout these Rules full-time education refers to a child who is of compulsory school age within the meaning
of the Education Acts applying in England or who is over the school leaving age but is for the time being attending
a school or in full-time education in an establishment of further education.
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(iv) All payments and/or benefits whatsoever due to a Player must be set out in a
written agreement between the Club and the Player. Any other payments and/or
benefits whatsoever due on behalf of, or in relation to, a Player (not otherwise
detailed in the written agreement between the Club and Player) must also be set
out in a written agreement, to which the Club shall be a party. In each case a copy
of any such agreement must be provided to The Association.
(v) All payments made to Players must be must be made by the Club and fully
recorded in the accounting records of the Club.
(vi) All salaried payments must be subject to PAYE and National Insurance.
(vii) All salary payments due on written contracts must be stated gross, before PAYE
and National Insurance deductions.
(viii) Any Players paid expenses must be reimbursed via an expense claim form. The
Club must retain all expense records in a format acceptable to HM Revenue and
Customs.
(c) Contract of Employment
(i) All contracts must be in the full name of the Club. If the Club is a corporate body,
the contract must also include the Company registration number.
(ii) Contracts or letters of employment exchanged between a Club and any Club
Official, Player or any other employee of the Club, must specify that all
emoluments due are paid to the employee concerned and not to any company or
agency acting on behalf of the employee.
(iii) All such contracts must also specify that the individual is directly under the
disciplinary control of the Club and of The Association.
(iv) All claims by Players against Clubs for wages or expenses must be submitted to
The Association within three months of the termination of the agreement to which
they refer, unless special grounds are shown for the delay.
(d) Form G(1) – Registration for One Calendar Month
A registration for a period of one calendar month is effected when The Association
receives Form “G(1)†(in such form as shall be published by The Association from time
to time), signed by the Player.
(e) Form G(2) – Registration Exceeding One Calendar Month
A registration for a period in excess of one calendar month is effected when The
Association receives Form “G(2)†(in such form as shall be published by The
Association from time to time), signed by the Player. Such a registration must
terminate on the first Saturday in May, or the date of the last league or knock-out
Competition match of the Club’s first team, whichever is the later, or on 30th June in
any calendar year.
(f) Forms to be Returned to The Association
(i) Within five days of having been signed by the Player, Forms G(1) or G(2) must be
returned to The Association, accompanied by a copy of the contract.
(ii) A Player seeking registration under written contract is not permitted to play under
the terms of the contract until the Club registering the Player has received the
registration certificate from The Association.
