• 1 - Regulatory Bodies Controlling Ice Hockey In New South Wales
• 2 - Operating Structure Of NSW Ice Hockey Association Inc.
• 3 - 2009 Seasons
• 4 - Club Affiliation & Membership Registration of Players & Officials
• 5 - Team Competition & Officials
• 6 - Forfeitures, Suspensions, Illegal or Ineligible Players, Tribunal, Penalties & Anti-doping
• Penalties For Game Forfeits
• Cancelled Games
• The Definition of an Illegal or Ineligible Player
• Tribunals and Rules Governing Suspended Players
• Penalties for Playing a Suspended, Illegal or Ineligible Player
• IHA & IHNSW Anti-Doping Policy
• 7 - Special Game Rules Relating To Particular Grades
• 8 - Team Managers Administrative Responsibilities
• 9 - General Administrative Game Rules
• Abbreviations
• Appendices

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

Penalties For Game Forfeits

Clubs are responsible for ensuring that their teams play in all scheduled games. Failure to do so will result in a $400.00 (No GST) forfeiture fee for away teams. Home teams who forfeit must pay a $200.00 (No GST), forfeiture fee.

This is to cover the cost of ice time, loss of gate receipts and to act as a deterrent for any costs or inconvenience caused to the other team and its supporters.

Procedure for forfeiture fees are as follows:

• Forfeit by a visiting team:
  Any club that has been affected by a forfeit from a visiting team must invoice IHNSW for $400.00 (No GST), within 7 days of the game. IHNSW will then issue an invoice to the offending club for payment within 30 days. Once the offending team's club has paid the fee to IHNSW, the affected club will receive the full invoiced amount, if it has already invoiced IHNSW for this. Failure to pay the forfeit renders the club un-financial & without voting rights.
• Forfeit by a home team:
  The visiting team's club must invoice IHNSW for the amount of $200.00 (No GST). The home team that forfeits the game will be invoiced by IHNSW for $200.00 (No GST), which will then be forwarded to the away team, once an invoice is received from that club.
  The home team club remains responsible for any ice costs.
  IHNSW will not make payment directly to rinks with respect to forfeited games.
  Any referee payments made regarding forfeited games that IHNSW is not responsible for, will be included in the team fees of the offending team at the end of the season team fee adjustments.