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If a player is unable to compete due to personal illness or injury or other personal mitigating circumstances, the band representative may apply to the contest controller for a deputy player and support the application by providing the appropriate documentary evidence (e.g. a medical certificate). Any such application must be made at the draw immediately prior to the ballot-taking place or, in the event of the contest being subject to a pre-draw, prior to the commencement of the contest. | |
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Providing that either a majority of the band delegates at the draw acknowledge that the application is genuine or, in the case of a contest with a pre-draw, the contest controller is satisfied that the application is genuine, the application for the deputy player will be accepted. | |
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At a contest with a set test and where an application for a deputy player has been accepted in accordance with rule 2 above, the contest controller will instruct the band drawn to play immediately before the band making the application to supply the relevant deputy player complete with instrument (except in the case of a percussionist) and band part. If the band making the application is drawn number one, the band drawn last must supply the deputy player. Where the application for a deputy player relates to a percussionist and where, in the band which is to supply the deputy player, the percussion part concerned is being divided between two or more players, all such players shall be deemed to be the deputy player but they shall only play the parts which were to have been played by the player in respect of which the deputy has been requested. The secretary of the band supplying the deputy player, or the representative attending the ballot, shall be held responsible for ensuring that the deputy player fulfils this commitment. For the avoidance of any doubt, in any situation covered by this rule, the Guest Player Rules will not apply to the substitute player. | |
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At a contest with own choice music and where an application for a deputy player has been accepted in accordance with rule 2 above, the band submitting the application may use the services of any player registered with another band. Any such substitute player will be treated as an additional guest player and, other than the fact that the band will be permitted one additional player over and above the maximum number of guest players permitted for the contest in question under the Guest Player Rules and the 7 day time limit for applications under the said Guest Player Rules will not apply, the said Guest Player Rules will otherwise apply in full. For the avoidance of doubt, this will include (a) the necessity to complete and submit the application form in the style of Appendix V, (b) the rule preventing a player appearing as a guest for the same band on more than one occasion during the banding year and (c) the limitations on the section of the band from where the guest player may be obtained in any situation where more than two guest players (including the substitute player under these rules) are being used. | |
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Only one application for a deputy player per band will be considered at each contest. | |
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A player acting as deputy must not accept any payment for his or her services. | |
7. |
Any Substitute player will not be permitted to win any solo or featured prize. |
Appendix I: Registration Rules applicable to Junior and Training Bands
Appendix III: Contest Rules for Solo, Quartet/Quintet and Small Ensemble Contests
| i. | Prospectus and Prizes |
| ii. | Entry Forms and Fees |
| iii. | Scores |
| iv. | Quartets/Quintets |
| v. | Small Ensembles |
| vi. | Instrumentation |
| vii. | Substitute Players |
| viii. | Time Limits |
| ix. | Contests for School Pupils / Youth |
| x. | Competitors |
| xi. | Age Groups |
| xii. | Local Rules |