ENGLAND AND WALES CRICKET BOARD
Anti-Discrimination Regulations
Introduction
The England and Wales Cricket Board (the ECB) is responsible for the governance of cricket in England and Wales. These ECB Anti-Discrimination Regulations (the Regulations) are part of the ECB’s continuing efforts to maintain the integrity, diversity and inclusivity of cricket.
The ECB aims to create an environment within cricket in England and Wales in which no individual, group or organisation experiences discrimination or acts in a discriminatory manner on the basis of a Protected Characteristic (as defined in the Equality Act 2010 from time to time – which as at the Effective Date are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation).
These Regulations therefore set out discriminatory behaviour which, when carried out by a participant who is required to comply with them, will be a breach of the Regulations and may be sanctioned accordingly.
All Participants (as defined below) agree by virtue of their involvement in cricket in England and Wales to be bound by these Regulations and submit to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the relevant body which applies to them.
All Professional County Clubs, Hundred Teams, National County Clubs, Tier 3 Counties, Recreational Cricket Boards, the Marylebone Cricket Club, leagues, clubs and other organisations under the jurisdiction of the ECB or its members must adopt and enforce the Regulations.
Participants who are party to an ECB agreement and/or in receipt of ECB funding may be obliged, as a condition of those agreements or funding, to comply with or adopt the Regulations and/or enforce the provisions of the Regulations through their own processes.
The Regulations come into full force and effect on the Effective Date. The Regulations may be amended from time to time by the ECB in its sole discretion, with such amendments coming into effect on the date specified by the ECB.
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