11. Subscription
Each club shall pay an annual subscription of £50 and purchase a minimum of 20 handbooks, payment to be made by March 31 of each financial year. In the event of this subscription being insufficient to meet expenses, the clubs shall contribute equally such sums as the Management Board may decide. Non-payment of subscriptions by the due date, or of any fines imposed within one month, shall result in fines of £5.

12. Admission of Clubs
The bottom two clubs in Division 2 at the end of each season shall retire, but may apply for re-admission. Such application together with a fee of £10 must be received by the League Secretary in writing within seven days following the last Division 2 matches of the season and shall be dealt with at the  first League meeting after the close of the season. Should the League Secretary receive applications from new clubs, the constituent members must be notified of such applications at least seven days before the meeting. The representative of any elected or re-elected club shall automatically be allowed to attend all League meetings. The entrance fee to be paid by a new club entering the League shall be £100.
Clubs wishing to resign from the league shall give notice in writing either by registered post, or by recorded delivery to the  League Secretary before April 30 otherwise they shall be required to fulfil fixtures and financial obligations for the following year.

13. Cessation of Membership
Any club which is expelled from the league, or which ceases to be a member of the league, shall at once forfeit any rights to participate in the assets of the league.

14. Failure to Fulfil Fixtures
Any club failing to fulfil league fixtures shall be dealt with at the Management Board’s discretion.

15. Match Report Sheets
The Secretary of the Home Club shall be responsible for faxing the completed Match Report Sheet. to the Chief Executive's fax number (01274-608001) to be received NO LATER than 8.45pm on the evening of the match.
 Failure to do so will incur a £5 fine which shall be imposed on each occasion for the first two offences, any subsequent offences will be dealt with at the discretion of the  Management Board.
The Reports must be complete and accurate, and include the first & second names of ALL players of both teams irrespective of whether there has been any play or not. Failure to comply with any of these instructions which necessitate a telephone enquiry will incur a fine of £5.
Submission of ‘wrong type’ of Report Sheet will incur a fine of £5.
Match Report Sheets MUST be signed by BOTH CAPTAINS regardless of whether there is any play or not.

16. Re-arranged Fixtures
If a club's ground is engaged on a Saturday, the second team concerned must re-arrange the fixture so that the match be played at some mutually convenient date approved by the  Management Board. The League Secretary must be notified, in writing, immediately, of the new date. The match shall be considered to have been played on the original date, and shall be governed by Rule 16. The result shall not be included in the league until the evening of the original date.
JCT 600 Bradford League cup and league fixtures must take precedence at all times and no club shall be permitted to postpone any cup or league fixture or field an under strength side in either of these competitions for the purpose of competing in any alternative competition organised by any outside body.
The only exception being when a club reaches the final of a National Competition staged on a league match day. The postponed league match will be played on a date agreed by the club. or if no date can be agreed, a date specified by the league. Both instances subject to the approval of the Management Board.

17. Promotion and Relegation
The  Management Board are empowered to decide on the promotion and relegation of clubs for the following year.
In the event of two or more clubs in a division having an equal number of points at the end of the season, their relative positions shall be decided by the side having won more matches taking precedence. If this still leaves them even, then positions shall be decided by dividing their average runs per wicket for, by their average runs per wicket against. The bottom two clubs in Division 1 will be relegated and the top two clubs in Division 2 promoted.

18. Benefit Matches
A benefit match shall not be played, nor a special subscription obtained for any player by or on behalf of any Bradford League club without the previous consent in writing of the Management Board.

19. Registration of Players
The names of each club’s players, in alphabetical order, must be furnished, on the Original Official Registration Sheets provided, to the League Secretary NO LATER than March 15 of each season.
Subsequent registrations may be added, up to the closing date of June 30 providing they are confirmed, in writing, to the League Secretary. A club playing an unregistered player shall be liable to a penalty to be determined by the  Management Board.
It is each club’s responsibility to ensure that all registrations & transfers are bona fide.
A club shall not register a player from another club outside the league for occasional matches only.
Junior players must be registered with the League Secretary before playing.
In the event of any player being dismissed by his club and providing the Management Board supports such dismissal on investigation, the player shall be barred from taking part in League or Cup / Shield matches.
Clubs engaging players not having played for them the previous season must forward a correctly completed YCB/YCA player transfer form to the League Secretary before such registration will be accepted.

20. Transfer of Players
No transfer of players between clubs within the JCT 600 Bradford Cricket League will be allowed during the current season, except in the case of a second team player unable to obtain a game with his present club. Such a player cannot play in the 1st XI of his new club for the remainder of the season.
A player shall NOT BE ALLOWED TO APPLY for a transfer until he has not played for three consecutive matches in either team.
No club in the league shall negotiate in any way either directly or indirectly with any player of another club in the league without first giving ten days' notice of their intention to negotiate. This notice must be given to the secretary of the player's club in writing by special or recorded delivery. The ten days to commence from the date of posting.
No player in the league shall negotiate with any other league club unless he can produce written official permission from his present club. Such permission shall not be withheld unless the player has failed to discharge all financial obligations to his club. The player shall have the right of appeal to the  Management Board if permission is withheld without just cause.
A player from another League shall not play with any League Club until the necessary YCB/YCA transfer form has been deposited with the League Secretary and the transfer approved by the  Management Board.