Addendum to the Official UKC Agility, Conformation, Dock Jumping, Obedience, Rally Obedience, Terrier Race and Weight Pull Rules and Regulations | |
Addendum to the Official UKC Agility, Conformation, Dock Jumping, Obedience, Rally Obedience, Terrier Race and Weight Pull Rules and Regulations
Effective immediately and retroactive to February 5, 2010
Section XXXII. Misconduct And Discipline.
B. Misconduct. Misconduct may be defined as conduct by a person that is prejudicial to the interests of the sport of purebred dogs. There are three general categories of misconduct:
3. Uttering a payment with non-sufficient funds. This category refers to paying entry fees via a check with non-sufficient funds in the account, the use of a debit or credit card that is declined, forged or invalid money orders, or other forms of payment where an exhibitor's entry fees remain unpaid after competing. Refer to Section XXXII. E. Procedures for handling an uttering a payment with non-sufficient funds.
E. Procedures for handling an uttering a payment with non-sufficient funds.
1. When the club or Event Manager becomes aware of an act of uttering in the amount of $100.00 or more, the Treasurer must make a written notification along with proof the violation and a copy of the dog’s entry form(s) to UKC within 21 days of the event.
2. The appropriate UKC Department Head shall review all such cases. If the findings of prejudicial misconduct are upheld, the UKC Department Head or Disciplinary Committee shall impose one or more of the following penalties:
a. Invalid Entry. The dog’s record for the event will be treated as an invalid entry when recording the Event Results.
b. The exhibitor must contact the club immediately upon notification from their financial institution that the payment was insufficient and resolve the insufficient funds entry payment to the club. Additionally, the club must make every reasonable attempt to collect sufficient funds.
c. The club may collect a reasonable amount of fees in addition to the entry amount from the exhibitor.
d. When the outstanding debt has been successfully paid by the exhibitor, which may include additional charges assessed to the club by their financial institution, the club must notify UKC within 7 days.
3. Appeal. After UKC has been notified by the club or Event Manager that the uttering has been successfully paid, the exhibitor may make an appeal to re-instate the dog’s points to the Disciplinary Committee. An appeal must be filed not later than 30 days from the date the uttering has been successfully paid to the club. The Decision of the Disciplinary Committee shall be final.
4. Habitual uttering. The UKC Disciplinary Committee may place on Probation, Suspension or Barring any exhibitor or owner for repeated instances of uttering as described in the Penalties section below.
Please note: the above indicates the changes and additions to the Misconduct and Discipline sections of the appropriate rulebooks. Please refer to rulebook on the UKC website for complete Misconduct and Discipline rules.
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