Where a Participant seeks to appeal a decision of the Disciplinary Tribunal, they (or their Club) must lodge the Notice of Appeal form within 7 business days of formal notification of a Final Determination of a Disciplinary Tribunal.

The fee for appealing a decision of a Disciplinary Tribunal is $500.

No appeal against a Disciplinary Tribunal Determination will be heard except with leave granted by the Chair of the Appeal Tribunal.

Except in Exceptional Circumstances to be determined by the Appeal Tribunal in its sole and absolute discretion, an Appeal Tribunal must not consider evidence which was not before the Disciplinary Tribunal whose Determination is being appealed

Grounds of Appeal

The sole grounds of appeal from a Disciplinary Tribunal decision to the Appeals Tribunal are:

• A Respondent was not afforded procedural fairness;
• The Disciplinary Tribunal did not have the jurisdiction to make the Determination it made;
• A Determination was affected by actual bias;
• A Determination was not reasonably open to the Disciplinary Tribunal having regard to the evidence before it;
• The Disciplinary Tribunal failed to have regard to a Relevant Consideration or had regard to an Irrelevant Consideration;
• Severity of the Sanction, but only where the Sanction exceeds:
  
  • 6 matches; or
  • 3 months; or
  • $3,000; or
  • A loss of 6 competition points or more; or
  • Exclusion of a Club or teamfrom a Competition

Granting Leave of Appeal

In determining whether leave to bring an appeal should be granted, the Chari of the Appeal Committee must have regard to:

• Whether the appeal was lodged within the specified time period under these Regulations;
• The consistency of the grounds of appeal with Section 5 Article 5.1;
• The nature and significance of the subject of the initial Determination and the appeal;
• The prospect of success of the appeal.