6 -  Forfeitures, Suspensions, Illegal or Ineligible Players, Tribunal, Penalties & Anti-doping

Penalties for Playing a Suspended, Illegal or Ineligible Player

An automatic fine totalling $200.00 (No GST) will be levied to any Team playing any ineligible or suspended player. There will be an automatic forfeiture of any points and scoring statistics gained, deducted from every game an ineligible or suspended player participates in.

The offending player may be suspended for additional games, at the discretion of an IHNSW Tribunal Panel.

IHNSW notifies the club in writing and the fine is automatically payable by the club to IHNSW within 30 days of each offending game.

Failure to pay the fine on time may result in an additional penalty at the discretion of the Committee of Management.

A winning score of 5 - 0 will be automatically recorded for the non-offending team.

Any member found to have deliberately supplied incorrect registration particulars will be suspended immediately and an IHNSW Tribunal Panel will determine the duration of the suspension and any other appropriate penalty.

A club official has 14 days to forward a completed application to IHNSW before that player is regarded as 'illegal'. An application will only become a valid registration when the IHNSW Executive Officer receives the application & relevant payment from the club.

Coaches / managers who allow players to participate without valid registrations will be held responsible for an illegal players' fine of $200.00 (No GST). The team will forfeit all points gained in any game the illegal player is determined as having played.