I could explicitly clarify the health and safety aspects too if your interested @Brian Hamilton .........Brian?, wake up Brian.....For once, I have really enjoyed a thread going off at a major tangent. @xPositor has provided a great explanation of contract law and having studied this many years ago as part of a qualification, he is correct.
As for referees being self-employed, some county FAs tried to get tutors to agree they were self-employed and to sign contacts to that effect. I'm bet they (County FAs) are glad they didn't as the while Uber gig economy rulings from the courts would have meant that the tutors could claim employed status.
That's all well and good... but I'm asking where these formalities are in writing. If I'm under "contract" when officiating; that contract can be breached. Where are the details laid down? If I was to breach this contract and the CFA/FA wanted to challenge that, they must have a formal document which details the terms of the agreement between themselves and us.
I genuinely want to have a look to see what the terms are. Any ideas?
If it's implied by the behaviour of the parties then it is a contract. That is explained in the link @Trip gave earlier.Implied... that's not a contract. So, we are in agreement then that there is no contract?
Implied contract is an agreement which is not reduced to writing but is created on the basis of the behavior of the parties involved. Under an implied contract, it is suggested that the parties involved are acting under an agreement. In the medical field, an implied contract exists when a veterinarian examines and treats an animal. It is implied that the veterinarian will do his/her best and that the client will pay the fee charged.
That's the answer I was waiting for. An actual document Now I can have a read to see what I've agreed to lolWhen you register you agree to abide by the regulation for the control and registration of referees, so that is effectively a contract whether you have viewed it or not. Same as if you sign up to BT, Virgin, Sky, etc for broadband, you sign up to their conditions whether you have read them or not.
http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/...iation/2016-17/016a_referees_regulations.ashx