Guideline 16 - PROGRESSION OF PENALTIES

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G16. PROGRESSION OF PENALTIES

The penalties available to be awarded by the Referee under Rule 17 are:

Warning (called a Conduct warning).

Stroke awarded to opponent (called a Conduct stroke).

Game awarded to opponent (called a Conduct game).

Match awarded to opponent (called a Conduct match).

The guidelines for applying the penalties are as follows:

When the Referee awards the first penalty for a particular offence, it should be a warning, stroke, game or match depending on the seriousness of the offence. However, any subsequent penalty for the same type of offence for the same player should not be less severe than the previous penalty for that offence. Thus the Referee may award more than one warning or stroke for the same type of offence if the Referee decides that the offence does not warrant a more severe penalty.

When awarding penalties, the Referee should use the following terminology:
Conduct warning....(player's name) for.....(offence).
Conduct stroke.......(player's name) for.....(offence), stroke to (opponent's or opposing team's name).
Conduct game........(player's name) for.....(offence), game to (opponent's or opposing team's name).
Conduct match.......(player's name) for.....(offence), match to (opponent's or opposing team's name).

The Marker shall repeat only that part of the Referee's decision that affects the score.

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