PREMIER LEAGUE

APPENDIX 11
12.3 send a copy of the same by recorded delivery post to the respondent.
13. Within 14 days of receipt of the copy application the respondent shall send to the Secretary by
recorded delivery post a written response to the application, annexing thereto copies of any
documents relied upon, and, in the case of a response by a Transferor Club, giving full particulars of
the costs set out in Regulation 4.
14. Upon receipt of the response the Secretary shall send a copy thereof together with a copy of any
document annexed to:
14.1 the chairman and members of the Committee and
14.2 the party making the application.
15. The chairman of the Committee may give directions as he thinks fit for the future conduct of the
proceedings addressed in writing to the parties with which the parties shall comply without delay.
16. The Committee by its chairman shall have power to summon any person to attend the hearing of
the proceedings to give evidence and to produce documents and any person who is bound by these
Regulations and who, having been summoned, fails to attend or to give evidence or to produce
documents shall be in breach of these Regulations.
17. The Secretary shall make all necessary arrangements for the hearing of the proceedings and shall
give written notice of the date, time and place thereof to the parties.
18. If a party to the proceedings fails to attend the hearing the Committee may either adjourn it or
proceed in their absence.
19. The chairman of the Committee shall have an overriding discretion as to the manner in which the
hearing of the proceedings shall be conducted.
20. The Committee shall not be bound by any enactment or rule of law relating to the admissibility of
evidence in proceedings before a court of law.
21. The hearing shall be conducted in private.
22. Each party shall be entitled to be represented at the hearing by a solicitor or counsel provided that they
shall have given to the other party and to the chairman of the Committee 14 days’ prior written
notice to that effect.
23. The Committee’s decision shall be announced as soon as practicable and if possible at the end of
the hearing and shall be confirmed in writing by the Secretary to the parties.
24. The Committee shall give reasons for its decision.
25. The decision of the Committee shall be final and binding.
Fees and Expenses
26. The chairman and members of the Committee shall be entitled to receive fees and expenses in
such sum or sums as shall be determined by the PFNCC from time to time.
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