PREMIER LEAGUE

PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION W
SECTION W: DISCIPLINARY
W.15.2.4. under Rule X.12 as chairmen of arbitral tribunals other than
Managers’ Arbitration Tribunals; or
W.15.2.5. under Rule X.16 as a single arbitrator; and persons who have
held judicial office eligible under Rule W.60 to sit as chairmen of
Appeals Boards.
W.16. The Panel shall not include members of the Board or Officials but may include
members of the Council of the Football Association who are not Officials.
W.17. Subject to Rules W.18 and W.19, the term of office of each member of the Panel
shall be 3 years (and for the avoidance of doubt at the end of that term a member
of the Panel may be re-appointed as such pursuant to Rule W.14).
W.18. A member of the Panel appointed for any purpose provided by these Rules may
continue to act on the matter for which he was so appointed notwithstanding
that his term of office has expired pursuant to Rule W.17 since his appointment.
W.19. Subject to Rule W.20, the term of office of a member of the Panel shall be
terminated by the Board forthwith if:
W.19.1. he is or becomes subject to any of the matters set out in Rule F.1; or
W.19.2. circumstances exist that give rise to justifiable doubts as to whether he
can discharge the duties of a member of the Panel impartially; or
W.19.3. he is physically or mentally incapable of discharging the duties of
a member of the Panel; or
W.19.4. he has refused or failed:
W.19.4.1. properly to conduct proceedings pursuant to these Rules; or
W.19.4.2. to use all reasonable dispatch in conducting such proceedings;
and in either case substantial injustice has as a result been caused to a party to
such proceedings.
W.20. If a member of the Panel whose term of office is terminated by the Board
pursuant to Rule W.19 wishes to challenge that termination, he may do so solely
by way of commencing arbitration proceedings pursuant to Rule X.6.
Appointing a Commission Old Rule
W.21. A Commission shall be appointed by the Board and shall comprise 3 members
of the Panel of whom one, who shall be legally qualified, shall sit as chairman of
the Commission.
R.17
Commission Procedures Old Rule
W.22. The parties to proceedings before a Commission shall be:
W.22.1. the Board; and
W.22.2. the Club, Manager, Match Official, Official or Player allegedly in breach
of these Rules (“the Respondent”).
R.18
W.23. Proceedings shall be commenced by complaint which shall be drafted by or on
behalf of the Board.
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R.16
R.19