The Scottish FA and Scottish Professional Football League have announced a harmonisation of their respective rules to further streamline and enhance the governance of the game.
A new protocol has been agreed by the governing body and the league organisation to address areas of overlap contained within their respective rule books.
The creation of a single league body has already effected a streamlining of league administration and a working party consisting of senior members of both the Scottish FA and SPFL has provided a further series of improvements.
Where there is overlap between the rule books, the protocol has established which organisation has primacy. In total, 15 areas of overlap have been identified and harmonised. These include:
- Insolvency events
- Financial records
- Breach of Registration Rules
- Match-fixing
- Spectator behaviour
- Dual Interest
- Disclosure of payments and benefits
The harmonisation protocol will be implemented for season 2014-15.
Andrew McKinlay, Scottish FA Director of Governance, said: “Both the Scottish FA and SPFL have been aware of the need to review our respective rules and regulations to pinpoint areas where there has been an historic overlap.
“We have worked collaboratively to identify these areas and provide guidance on who has jurisdiction in the first instance. The protocol will enable us to minimise such crossover in future and also provide clarity to member clubs, supporters and other organisations.”
Iain Blair, Scottish Professional Football League Secretary, said: “The SPFL was created at great speed at the start of last season after the approval for league reconstruction. Since then we have worked with the Scottish FA, principally through its Football Governance & Regulation department, to tighten-up some of the areas that we felt were not as clear or as efficient as they should have been.
“Now, the protocol allows us to establish a clear understanding of which body has primacy in a number of governance areas across the game.”
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