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RULE CHANGES FOR 2008 2009
Passed October 2008
Rule 30c REQUEST STOP:
If a player asks for play to be stopped for any reason, no other player of that team may leave the playing area (which does not include the safety zone) without the permission of the umpires until the game has been restarted. The Umpires shall not wait for any member of the other team before restarting the game. The penalty for breach of this rule will be a Penalty 5a or an upgrade if a penalty has already been awarded.
Rule 32b(ii) RIGHT OF WAY
Entitles a player to proceed down it (right of way) freely and without danger to hit the ball on his offside unless he is subjected to a legitimate ride off or stick hooking, or is meeting two players on the exact LOB as in 33c. If he places himself to take it on the nearside and thereby in any way endangers another player who would otherwise have been able to make or attempt to make a legitimate play, he must keep clear of this other player so that this other player can make or attempt to make that legitimate play.
Rule 33p STOPPING OR SLOWING DOWN ON THE BALL - ONE TAP RULE
The player with the ball who chooses to stop or slow down to walking speed when he is being challenged but is neither being obstructed nor ridden off may then tap the ball only once, after which he must leave it, accelerate with it or hit it away. Should he leave it for another member of his team to take, that player must immediately run with it or hit it away without the option of a tap. The opponent is considered to be challenging if he is within one horse's length on either the offside or the nearside of the player with the ball. A player who chooses to tap the ball under the pony of a challenging player will foul if he rides into a challenging player other than by a legitimate ride off. The penalty for breach of this shall normally be a Penalty 7, but, if the rule is breached persistently by a team, a more severe penalty may be awarded.