An Area Agreement between the AFL Goldfields Region and AFL Central Victoria Region – incorporating all Leagues affiliated with these two Regional Commissions.
This Agreement is signed pursuant to the AFLVC rules and regulations pertaining to clearances and permits and in particular the clause 2.10 – Area Permits, whereby an interchange of players between the abovementioned Leagues / Regions may take place without clearance or permits and is subject to any provisions contained within this agreement.
PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS APPLY:
1. That this agreement is in force for the 2015 season only.
2. That the players involved desire to play with the Club on the date(s) requested.
3. That the Clubs involved are agreeable to the players playing on the day in question and have both signed off on the permit via Sporting Pulse
4. That the players concerned are aware of the AFL VC regulations Rule 2.0 regarding Permits.
5. Unless otherwise permitted in local league By-Laws, players of any club having a “Bye”, split round, inter-league, forfeits or Sunday games will not be allowed to play with another club on permit unless he has previously played with the Club in the current season under this agreement.
6. The club playing the player from the other League shall show his registered club on the match team sheet.
7. All club registered players must be selected before permit players can receive endorsement to play.
8. That any player shall not be permitted to play more than (8) eight Home & Away matches with another club under the provisions of this agreement.
9. Permit players will be able to play finals if the Leagues By-Laws allow for permit players during finals, however all available registered players must be selected in preference to permit players during finals.
10. Unless otherwise stated in League By-Laws, permit players will be able to play finals provided they play only one match per weekend and have satisfied the local league finals eligibility By – Laws.
11. That the number of players played by any club under this agreement on any one day be restricted to six (6) permit players with a maximum of three (3) coming from any one club.
12. That the number of players played by any club under this agreement be restricted to (6) six only on any one day.
a. If a club has the following number of their own registered players available of the correct age bracket, the following number of permit players will be the maximum allowed:
i. 14 players available on the team sheet : 6 permit players allowed
ii. 15 players available on the team sheet: 5 permit players allowed
iii. 16 players available on the team sheet: 4 permit players allowed
iv. 17 players available on the team sheet: 3 permit players allowed
v. 18 players available on the team sheet: 2 permit player allowed
vi. 19 players available on the team sheet: 1 permit player allowed
vii. 20 players available on the team sheet: no permit players allowed
13. That a player may play two games per weekend but only one game per day under this agreement. A players registered club has the option to authorise or refuse any permit application and clubs may only play a player on permit when both clubs have authorised the permit.
14. That a player from any League may play with more than one club from another League but only one match per day.
15. Once a player has played a TAC Cup or a Senior first XVIII match in the current season he is deemed to be a senior player and will be ineligible to play Junior Football (Under XVIII or below) under the terms of this agreement.
AFL VC Rule 2.1 (permits to Major Leagues) will still apply.
16. That a player having played the maximum number of (8) eight matches with a club under this agreement shall obtain a full clearance before he is able to continue to play with that club. Any clearance application of a player who has played the maximum number of permit games must be approved by the Regional Commission of the players registered club.
17. Players playing on permit are not eligible for any League Awards
18. That prior to 5.00pm on the Friday before the first permit match played, the player shall obtain written permission to do so from his registered Club by completing four (4) copies of the Area Permit Form as supplied below (Appendix 1). The four forms are to be distributed as follows – one for each Club involved and one to each League involved with the permit. This condition must be strictly adhered to. Failure to do so could see the club penalised under AFL VC Rule 1.3 (ineligible players). It is the responsibility of the club seeking the permit to have the paperwork submitted.
19. All permits shall be transacted via the AFL Sporting Pulse permit system using the Type 1 match day permit option with the requested date/s only specified. Signed paperwork as stated in clause 18 must be completed prior to requesting the Footy Web permit and no player is to take the field until the on line permit has been approved by the players registered club. Any club who does not wish to allow a Type 1 Permit to proceed will need to immediately make contact with their League Operations Manager or League Administrator who will follow it up with the necessary contacts.
20. Any club found to have breached the Area Permit Agreement and its conditions will be subject to AFL VC Rule 1.3 (ineligible players).
21. Any player reported whilst on permit shall face the independent tribunal of the League in which the alleged offence was committed. Any penalty imposed will apply to all AFL VC competitions.