PREMIER LEAGUE

APPENDICES TO THE RULES
APPENDIX 11
4.1.5 playing and training strip and other clothing;
4.1.6 medical and first aid facilities;
4.1.7 friendly and competitive matches and overseas tours;
4.2 any other cost incurred by either Club directly or indirectly attributable to the training and
development of players including any fee referred to in Regulation 3.3.
Composition of the Committee
5. The Committee shall be composed of:
5.1 an independent chairman with an appropriate legal background who, subject to the prior
written approval of the Premier League, the Football League and The Professional Footballers’
Association, shall be appointed by the PFNCC in such terms as it thinks fit;
5.2 an appointee of each of the leagues of which the Transferor Club and the Transferee Club
are members or, if the Transferor Club and the Transferee Club are both members of the
same league, an appointee of that league;
5.3 an appointee of The Professional Footballers’ Association;
5.4 an appointee of The League Managers’ Association.
6. If the chairman of the Committee is unable to act or to continue acting as such in the determination
of any application, the PFNCC shall appoint in his stead a person with an appropriate legal background.
7. If following his appointment any other member of the Committee is unable to act or to continue
acting, his appointor may appoint a replacement so that the composition of the Committee is
maintained as provided in Regulation 5.
8. If the members of the Committee fail to agree, they shall decide by a majority provided that, if the
Committee is composed of an even number of members, the chairman shall have a second or casting vote.
Committee Procedures
9. The parties to proceedings before the Committee shall be the Transferor Club and the Transferee Club.
10. Proceedings shall be commenced by either party making a written application to the Secretary:
10.1 identifying the respondent Club and the Player;
10.2 setting out the facts surrounding the application including the criteria referred to in
Regulation 3;
10.3 identifying any documents relied upon, copies of which shall be annexed; and
10.4 in the case of an application made by a Transferor Club, giving full particulars of the costs
set out in Regulation 4.
11. Each Club which is a party in proceedings shall pay an administration fee to the Secretary the
amount of which will be determined by the PFNCC from time to time.
12. Upon receipt of an application the Secretary shall:
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12.1 procure that for the purpose of determining the application the Committee is composed in
accordance with Regulation 5;
12.2 send a copy of the application and any documents annexed to it to the chairman and
members of the Committee;