It has become apparent that Regulation 12.7 of the English Clubs Championship Regulations which can be found on Page 52 of the Competitions and Regulations Handbook is not clear. Accordingly the Management Board with the authority of the RFU Council has resolved that the following regulation will replace regulation 12.7 in the Competitions and Regulations Handbook and be effective immediately this season.

12.7.1. A Competition Match played pursuant to the authority of Organising Committee under the note to regulation 9.2.1 or any unplayed Competition match where a notional 0-0 win or loss is recorded or where a game is not played for any other reason (for the purposes of this regulation 12.7 called “an unplayed match”) may at the end of the Season give rise to a requirement that the Organising Committee should either exercise its discretion to deduct not more than two Competition points in the circumstances set out in the note to regulation 9.2.1 and /or cause an adjustment of match points to be made to take effect at the end of the Season to properly determine promotion (or league winners or runners up) or relegation in accordance with regulation 6.
12.7.2. An adjustment of match points will be made if either Club involved in the unplayed match be a contender for promotion (or league winners or runners up) or relegation by virtue of an equal number of Competition points in which event if the circumstances set out in the note to Regulation 9.2.1 do not apply all match points in the corresponding fixtures of all other contending Clubs will be removed from the playing records (a corresponding fixture is defined as the scheduled fixture at the same venue as the unplayed match OR in a league where Clubs play each other once only regardless of venue).

12.7.3 the adjustment referred to in 12.7.1 above will not be made if it benefits the defaulting Club in the unplayed match to the detriment of another Club. Further where two or more Clubs have complete records their positions relative to each other will remain unchanged by adjustments caused by a defaulting Club in an unplayed match.

Note; Regulation 12.7 deals with the situation where any Club that is a contender for promotion, a play off or relegation is affected by unplayed matches in its League.