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ITTF
Handbook 2012 / 2013 |
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Description |
| 1.20.04 |
Details of all rule change proposals shall be published in the agenda of the meeting at which they are to be considered. |
| 1.20.05 |
The implementation date of each change shall be specified; if there is no such specification, the change shall take effect from 1 September of the year in which the decision is taken (effective 27 March 2012). |
| 1.21 |
JURISDICTION OF ASSOCIATIONS |
| 1.21.01 |
Membership and Representation |
| 1.21.01.01 |
A player shall be regarded as resident in a territory if his normal or main residence or base is in that territory; residence shall not be determined by continuity or by duration. |
| 1.21.01.02 |
Before accepting a player into membership an Association shall satisfy itself that he is or intends to be resident in its territory and it shall not retain him if he terminates such residence. |
| 1.21.01.03 |
Unless notified of any suspension or expulsion, Associations shall be entitled to regard any player or organisation resident in the territory of an Association and known to have been affiliated to it as eligible for participation. |
| 1.21.01.04 |
No Association shall make a resident in a territory controlled by another Association or, except after a genuine change of residence, a member of another Association, a member or representative of itself without the prior permission of the other Association, except as provided in 1.21.1.5. |
| 1.21.01.05 |
An Association may nominate as its representative at a General Meeting a resident of the territory in which the meeting takes place, provided that he has never been a member of another Association; such a nominee may be admitted as a representative by majority vote at the General Meeting for which he is nominated. |
| 1.21.01.06 |
Any dispute under these regulations shall be referred to the Board. |
| 1.21.02 |
Extent of Jurisdiction |
| 1.21.02.01 |
In administering and interpreting its own regulations and decisions an Association shall exercise jurisdiction over: |
| 1.21.02.01.01 |
players resident in its territory, while they are in that territory or in any other territory; |
| 1.21.02.01.02 |
visiting players, while they are in its territory, except as provided in 1.21.3.1; |
| 1.21.02.01.03 |
players representing it in a competition who are normally resident in the territory of another Association, but only while they are taking part in that competition; |
| 1.21.02.01.04 |
a resident of a territory in which a General Meeting takes place who is acting as its representative at the General Meeting, as provided in 1.21.1.5. |
| 1.21.03 |
Visiting Players |
| 1.21.03.01 |
If a visiting player is officially representing his Association as a result of an invitation by the visited Association, the visited Association shall acquire no rights of penalty. |
| 1.21.03.01.01 |
The responsible management committee shall have jurisdiction over the conduct of the competition but no subsequent penalty shall be imposed on a visiting player for any offence committed in connection with that competition. |
| 1.21.03.01.02 |
The visited Association may protest to the visiting player's Association about such an offence, but his own Association shall retain sole jurisdiction over him and the right to impose a penalty. |
| 1.21.03.02 |
If a visiting player participates in table tennis activities other than as an official representative of his Association, whether or not his visit is the result of an invitation by the visited Association, he shall be subject also to the jurisdiction of the visited Association, which shall have the right to impose a penalty for any offence committed in connection with such activities. |
| 1.21.03.02.01 |
No such penalty shall come into operation until at least 1 calendar month after its notification with an account of all the circumstances, to the visiting player's Association. |
| 1.21.03.02.02 |
If the visiting player's Association makes no appeal within 1 calendar month of being notified the penalty may be imposed. |
| 1.21.03.02.03 |
If an appeal is submitted within 1 calendar month the matter shall be referred to the Board and the penalty shall not come into operation before the appeal has been decided. |
| 1.21.04 |
Payments to Players |
| 1.21.04.01 |
Except when acting under the direct instructions of his Association as its representative, a player may accept payment, reward, benefit or allowances for playing in any competition other than Olympic and Paralympic Games, or for exhibition or coaching, providing that he has previously obtained permission: |
| 1.21.04.01.01 |
for the payment of such expenses, from the Association in whose area the event is to take place and |
| 1.21.04.01.02 |
for the receipt of such expenses, from the Association having jurisdiction over him. |
| 1.21.04.02 |
Subject to any over‑riding provisions of 1.21.4.1, each Association shall have absolute discretion to determine and regulate its own policy for payments, rewards, benefits and allowances in respect of players and events under its jurisdiction. |
| 1.22 |
UNAFFILIATED PLAYERS AND ORGANISATIONS |
| 1.22.01 |
The object is to control, but not to prevent, play between affiliated and unaffiliated players; only teams and players nominated by Associations shall participate in World and Continental Championships, but otherwise such play will, when not contrary to the principles of the ITTF or to the interests of its members, generally be permitted provided due application is made. |
| 1.22.02 |
A player affiliated to an Association shall not take part in any competition, exhibition or coaching |
| 1.22.02.01 |
in the territory of another Association, unless the body under whose auspices the activity takes place is affiliated to and in good standing with the Association of the visited territory, except with the prior permission of that Association; |
| 1.22.02.02 |
in a territory not having an Association or whose governing organisation is not affiliated to the ITTF, except with the permission of the Executive Committee, unless the Board has previously given permission for the governing organisation to be included temporarily in the appropriate Continental Federation pending an application for membership; |
| 1.22.02.03 |
organised by an unaffiliated body, unless permission for the event has been given by the Executive Committee, except as provided in 1.22.6. |
| 1.22.03 |
The Association controlling the territory in which a player is resident shall be responsible for ensuring that he complies with the requirements of 1.22.2. |
| 1.22.04 |
A player resident in a territory which has no governing organisation or whose governing organisation is not affiliated to the ITTF shall not take part in any competition, exhibition or coaching in the territory of an Association, except with the permission of the Executive Committee, unless the Board has previously given permission for the governing organisation to be included temporarily in the appropriate Continental Federation pending an application for membership. |
| 1.22.05 |
The Executive Committee may give permission for a table tennis competition to be organised by an unaffiliated body provided that |
| 1.22.05.01 |
the organising body has undertaken to comply with the appropriate ITTF regulations; |
| 1.22.05.02 |
the organising body has undertaken not to include affiliated players in the event unless their Associations have given permission; |
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