ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1985 (SA)
RULES
of
AUSTRALIAN BASEBALL FEDERATION INCORPORATED
PART III - MEMBERSHIP
(Adopted by Council 27 February 1999)
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11 DISCIPLINE OF MEMBERS
11.1 Matters Which May be Referred to Judiciary Committee
The following matters may be referred for investigation or determination by the Judiciary Committee in the sole discretion of the Board:
(a) an allegation (not being vexatious, trifling or frivolous) by a complainant (who may not necessarily be a Member) that a Member has:
(i) breached, failed, refused or neglected to comply with a provision of these Rules, the Regulations or any other resolution or determination of the Council, Board or duly authorised committee; or
(ii) acted in a manner unbecoming of a Member or prejudicial to the objects and interests of the Federation and / or the sport of baseball; or
(iii) brought the Federation or the sport of baseball into disrepute; or
(b) where the Board (in its sole discretion) considers the matter is of a serious enough nature, any grievance (from any person) against a Member and any appeal from an Individual Member or State Affiliate who has received a penalty or an adverse finding in disciplinary proceedings conducted by a Member State, provided that the person making the grievance or the Individual Member or State Affiliate has first exhausted all avenues of appeal available under the constitutions of the Member State or State Affiliate;
and any such Member ("defendant") will be subject to, and submits unreservedly to the jurisdiction, procedures, penalties and appeal mechanisms of the Federation set out in the Regulations.
