Basketball Operations Manual - Basketball New Zealand

10.10 Each Judicial Committee may impose any sanction or penalty on an offender as it sees
fit, including without limitation:
a) an order that a sum of money, whether by way of fine or compensation, be paid to
any party;
b) suspension from participation in all, or specified, basketball activities for a period
of time;
c) an order that the offender undertake, or refrain from undertaking, any particular
activity in respect of basketball, or the League, or BBNZ or BBNZ Tournaments;
d) a written censure; and
e) a requirement for an apology or acknowledgment be given in stipulated terms.
10.11 During a period of suspension, the offender cannot:
a) play;
b) officiate;
c) coach;
d) table officiate,
in any specified or every (in accordance with the Judicial Committee’s decision) game or
event conducted by or under the auspices of BBNZ.
10.12 The maximum sanction for each offence is set out in Appendix 1. Note that these are
only the recommended sanctions.
10.13 The Committee members may:
a) impose a sanction up to the maximum for each offence;
b) determine that penalties for multiple offences are to run concurrently or separately;
c) take into account prior established offences when assessing the severity of the sanction;
and
d) record that the complaint has been established but having regard to the nature of
the complaint and/or the prior good conduct of the offender, not impose a sanction
or penalty.
10.14 The Judicial Committee may meet by any number of members assembling together and/
or by means of audio or audio visual or email communication as long as all members of
that Judicial Committee participate in that form of communication.
10.15 Every member of a Judicial Committee has one vote and the Chairperson does not have
a casting vote. A decision of that Judicial Committee is made when a majority of the Judicial
Committee members agree to it.
11 Notification of Decision
11.1 The chairperson of the Judicial Committee will provide BBNZ; the recipient, the complainant,
and the alleged offender with the Judicial Committee decision in a form as close as
possible to the form set out in Appendix 2.
11.2 Apart from the report referred to in regulation 11.1, the Judicial Committee does not
have to, but can provide reasons for their decision.
11.3 The BBNZ CEO shall cause the BBNZ office to keep a record of each Judicial Committee
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