Rule 10 - Investigations, Disputes/Protests, Contrived Results and Appeals

10.1 PENNANT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATIONS
10.1.1 The Pennant Committee shall have power to investigate and adjudicate upon all matters arising out of, or in connection with, Premier matches.
10.1.2
 		If a member of the Pennant Committee is a representative of a club involved in an investigation, he shall cease to act on the Pennant Committee for the duration of the investigation.
10.2DISPUTES/PROTESTS
10.2.1

Any club referring a dispute to the Pennant Committee shall, within 48 hours after the scheduled completion of the match in which the cause of disagreement has occurred, lodge a statement in writing of the matter in dispute with the Premier Cricket Manager together with a fee of $250.00 (to be returned unless the dispute/process be deemed frivolous, and shall also within the same time lodge a copy of such statement with the administration manager of the other club involved.

10.2.2The Premier Cricket Manager shall call on the disputing clubs to appear before the Pennant Committee, which, after hearing evidence, shall decide thereon.
10.2.3
In the event of a member of the Pennant Committee being a representative of either of the clubs involved, he shall cease to act on that Committee for the hearing of the dispute/protest.
10.3CONTRIVED RESULTS 
10.3.1 

The Pennant Committee shall have power to investigate a game or the actions of the captains of the clubs or any players involved in a match if it suspects reasonably that the competing clubs with or without the assistance or collusion of any other person or club have colluded to contrive the result of a match. If the Pennant Committee decides to carry out an investigation it will conduct such inquiries as it sees fit and invite submissions about the match or the conduct of either captain or any player and will give any person the opportunity to be heard.

10.3.2 If the Pennant Committee finds that the clubs, captains or players have colluded to contrive the outcome of a match the Pennant Committee may in its absolute discretion do one or more of the following:
(a) fine a club, captain or player;
(b) suspend a captain or player from playing in any match or matches;
(c) disallow any points earned by a club in respect of the match;
(d) amend any points earned by a club in the match; or
(e) take any action it deems appropriate.
10.4 APPEALS AGAINST PENNANT COMMITTEE DECISIONS 
10.4.1Clubs may appeal against a Pennant Committee decision resulting from 10.1, 10.2 or 10.3. Such an appeal must be made in writing to the CV CEO together with a fee of $500.00 (to be returned unless the dispute/protest be deemed frivolous.) within 48 hours after receipt of the decision.
10.4.2
 		All appeals against Pennant Committee decisions shall be heard by a Pennant Committee Appeals Tribunal (PCAT), as appointed by the CV Board. The decision of the PCAT shall be final.