League Rules

CONSTITUTION (Updated March 2023)

1. TITLE

a. The League shall be named “The West Wales Youth Association Football League” and shall be affiliated to and accept all the Rules of the West Wales Football Association.

2. FUNCTION

a. The League shall provide Association Football for players who are aged 16 years or more, but have not attained the age of 18 years before 1st September of each season.

3. AREA AND MEMBERSHIP

a. The League area shall be the defined area of the West Wales Football Association.
b. The League shall receive into membership any Club affiliated to the West Wales Football Association.
c. Clubs from other Area Associations may apply to enter the League. Permission must be received from their home Area Association and the West Wales Football Association before entry into the League will be accepted.
d. The League shall be divided into Divisions and/or structured as determined by the League Management Committee.

4. OFFICERS OF THE LEAGUE AND MANAGEMENT

a. The Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be elected by member Clubs at the Annual General Meeting. The Secretary, Fixture Secretary, Treasurer, Referee’s Officer and Safeguarding Officer shall be appointed by the League Management Committee. The League Management Committee shall consist of up to ten members appointed by the member Clubs. The elected Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be any of the ten members.
b. The Secretary and Treasurer of the West Wales Football Association shall be ex-officio members of the League Management Committee with full voting rights. The League Management Committee shall be empowered to appoint sub-committees as it deems fit and to delegate all or any of its powers to any sub-committee. A quorum of the League Management Committee shall be two-thirds of its members. A quorum of any sub-committee shall be two-thirds of its members unless otherwise directed. In the event of the voting at any meeting being equal the Chairman shall have the additional casting vote.
c. No resolution shall be rescinded at the meeting at which it has been passed. When
any such motion or amendment has been disposed of by the League Management Committee it shall not be open to any member to propose a similar motion within a period of six months.
d. The expenses for attendance at League Management Committee and sub-committee meetings shall be determined annually by the League Management Committee and shall be met from League Funds.
e. It shall not be permitted for any Club to have more than one representative serving on the League Management Committee. No registered player or registered Referee active in this league shall serve on the League Management Committee.
f. Any member of the League Management Committee who has been absent from three consecutive meetings without, in the opinion of the League Management Committee, sufficient reason shall be deemed to have resigned.
g. The League Funds shall be deposited in the name of the League and all cheques shall be signed by two persons from the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Fixture Secretary, Treasurer and Safeguarding Officer.

5. GENERAL MEETINGS

a. A General Meeting shall be held once in each calendar year not later than the second Saturday in August and this meeting shall be called the Annual General Meeting. All other meetings shall be called Extraordinary General Meetings. The Secretary shall, on receipt of a requisition signed by not less than 40% of the member Clubs, call an Extraordinary General Meeting at any time for any purpose. Seven clear days’ notice shall be given to all Clubs for all General Meetings. The Agenda and Balance Sheet, duly audited, shall be available to Clubs at least seven days before the Annual General Meeting.
b. Retiring Officers shall be eligible to become candidates for re-election without nomination. All other candidates for election as Officers or Members of the League Management Committee shall be nominated to the Secretary in writing, signed by the secretary of at least one member Club, not later than 30th June in each year, or by nomination by the League Management Committee without a seconder. Names of the candidates for election shall be circulated with the notice of the AGM. In the event of there being no nomination in accordance with the foregoing for any office, nominations may be received at the Annual General Meeting.
c. Each Club in membership of the League shall have the right to nominate one delegate entitled to vote at every Annual or Extraordinary General Meeting. The following may also vote at all General Meetings:- Chairman, Vice-Chairman and all members of the League Management Committee. No person shall have the right to more than one vote
and this must be exercised personally. d. Member Clubs who have withdrawn their membership of the League during the season being concluded or who are not continuing in membership in the following season shall be entitled to attend and shall only be entitled to vote on matters relating to the season being concluded. e. Clubs seeking re-election or admission to the League may be represented at the Annual General Meeting. Immediately a Club is elected to the League or retains its status from the previous season it is entitled to voting rights as a full member of the League. f. No General Meeting shall have the right to alter a decision of the League Management Committee but, should a General Meeting be against a decision, the League Management Committee shall re-consider its decision. g. Clubs not represented at any General Meeting shall be fined the sum of £10. h. The League Management Committee shall elect from amongst its number representatives to the Council of the West Wales Football Association. The number of representatives to be appointed shall be determined by the West Wales Football Association.

6. ALTERATIONS TO CONSTITUTION AND/OR RULES

a. Alterations shall not be made to the Constitution and/or these Rules except at a Special Meeting convened for that purpose by the League Secretary during the first week of March. Any alterations to the Constitution and/or Rules proposed by Clubs shall be delivered to the League Secretary no later than 4pm on 15th February in each Season.
b. Alterations to the Constitution and/or Rules shall not be deemed to be carried unless by a two-thirds majority of the votes cast. Alterations which are carried will become operative once ratified by the West Wales FA.
c. Each Club in membership of the League shall have the right to nominate one delegate entitled to vote at such Special Meeting. The following may also vote at Special Meetings:- Chairman, Vice-Chairman and all members of the League Management Committee. No person shall have the right to more than one vote and this must be exercised personally.
d. Clubs failing to attend such Special Meeting shall be fined the sum of £10.

7. PRECEDENCE

a. In the event of any conflict between (1) the constitution and rules of the League and (2) the constitution and the rules of the WWFA or any directive or instruction issued by the WWFA, then the constitution and rules of the WWFA or any directive or instruction
issued by the WWFA shall take precedence.
b. In the event of any conflict between (1) the constitution and rules of the League or the constitution and the rules of the WWFA or any directive or instruction issued by the WWFA and (2) the constitution and the rules of the FAW or any directive or instruction issued by the FAW, then the constitution and rules of the FAW or any directive or instruction issued by the FAW shall take precedence.

The West Wales Youth Association Football League