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JUDICIARY PROCESS

​All matters regarding grievances, disputes and/or incidents arising from the conduct of matches administered by NWSF, or arising from the administration of the football competitions within NWSF are governed by the NWSF Grievance and Disciplinary Regulations (GDR) which can be viewed here

Committees and tribunals

​There are three Committees and Tribunals enacted to manage the Grievance and Disciplinary process.
  1. Disciplinary Committee (DC)
  2. General Purpose Tribunal (GPT)
  3. Appeal Tribunal (AT)

Disciplinary Committee (DC)
  1. The DC will deal with all match send-offs (red cards) issued.
  2. A Notice of Suspension will be emailed to the player's club as soon as practical after a decision is made by the DC.
  3. Following receipt of the Notice of Suspension, the Club must notify the player and advise the player of the suspension.
  4. If the suspension is more than the minimum for the offence (Schedule 2 of the NWSF GDR), the player's club may challenge the suspension under "Exceptional Circumstances" (Clause 7.4 of the NWSF GDR)
  5. Any challenge must be lodged with NWSF by 10.00am on the Monday following receipt of the Notice of Suspension by emailing such challenge to NWSF 
  6. The Club when emailing a challenge must satisfy the DC that the suspension is exceptional and clearly excessive.
  7. The DC shall deal with a challenge of "Mistaken Identity" (7.3 of the NWSF GDR) in a match officials send off or incident report.
  8. Notification of "Mistaken Identity" must be sent to the DC within three (3) days of the completion of the match or within three (3) days of receipt by the club of a match official's incident report.

General Purpose Tribunal (GPT)
  1. The GPT shall deal with all incident reports and serious send offs directed to the GPT by the DC or the CEO. The GPT will also deal with any challenge referred to them by the DC.
  2. All decisions of the GPT will be conveyed by email to the player's club within two (2) days of the hearing.

Appeals Tribunal (AT)
  1. The AT will deal with all appeals from decisions of the DC and GPT.
  2. All appeals must be made in writing setting out grounds of appeal within seven (7) days of receipt by the club of the decision of the DC or GPT together with the relevant appeal fee.