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Football Soccer Laws - Law No 4 - The Players' Equipment


Safety

A player must not use equipment or wear anything that is dangerous to himself or another player (including any kind of jewellery).

Jewellery
  • All items of jewellery are potentially dangerous. The term “dangerous” can sometimes be ambiguous and controversial, therefore in order to be uniform and consistent any kind of jewellery has to be forbidden.
  • Players are not allowed to use tape to cover jewellery. Taping jewellery is not adequate protection.
  • Rings, earrings, leather or rubber bands are not necessary to play and the only thing they can bring about is injury.
Infringements/Sanctions

For any infringement of this Law:

  • play need not be stopped;
  • the player at fault is instructed by the referee to leave the field of play to correct his equipment;
  • the player leaves the field of play when the ball next ceases to be in play, unless he has already corrected his equipment;
  • any player required to leave the field of play to correct his equipment does not re-enter without the referee’s permission;
  • the referee checks that the player’s equipment is correct before allowing him to re-enter the field of play;
  • the player is only allowed to re-enter the field of play when the ball is out of play.

A player who has been required to leave the field of play because of an infringement of this Law and who enters (or re-enters) the field of play without the referee’s permission is cautioned and shown the yellow card.


Football Soccer Laws - Law No 5 - The Referee


The Authority of The Referee

Each match is controlled by a referee who has full authority to enforce the Laws of the Game in connection with the match to which he has been appointed.

Powers and Duties

The Referee:

  • enforces the Laws of the Game;
  • controls the match in co-operation with the assistant referees and, where applicable, with the fourth official;
  • ensures that any ball used meets the requirements of Law 2;
  • ensures that the players' equipment meets the requirements of Law 4;
  • acts as timekeeper and keeps a record of the match;
  • stops, suspends or terminates the match, at his discretion, for any infringements of the Laws;
  • stops, suspends or terminates the match because of outside interference of any kind;
  • stops the match if, in his opinion, a player is seriously injured and ensures that he is removed from the field of play. An injured player may only return to the field of play after the match has restarted;
  • allows play to continue until the ball is out of play if a player is, in his opinion, only slightly injured;
  • ensures that any player bleeding from a wound leaves the field of play. The player may only return on receiving a signal from the referee, who must be satisfied that the bleeding has stopped;
  • allows play to continue when the team against which an offence has been committed will benefit from such an advantage and penalises the original offence if the anticipated advantage does not ensue at that time;
  • punishes the more serious offence when a player commits more than one offence at the same time;
  • takes disciplinary action against players guilty of cautionable and sending-off offences. He is not obliged to take this action immediately but must do so when the ball next goes out of play;
  • takes action against team officials who fail to conduct themselves in a responsible manner and may, at his discretion, expel them from the field of play and its immediate surrounds;
  • acts on the advice of assistant referees regarding incidents that he has not seen;
  • ensures that no unauthorised persons enter the field of play;
  • restarts the match after it has been stopped;
  • provides the appropriate authorities with a match report, which includes information on any disciplinary action taken against players, and/or team officials and any other incidents that occurred before, during or after the match.
Decisions of The Referee
  • The decisions of the referee regarding facts connected with play are final.
  • The referee may only change a decision on realising that it is incorrect or, at his discretion, on the advice of an assistant referee, provided that he has not restarted play or terminated the match.
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