Legal Objectives

Scottish Hockey has five legal objectives, which are held within the Memordandum and Articles, and underpin the business:

a) to acquire the property assets and undertaking of the unincorporated body known as The Scottish Hockey Union and with a view thereto to enter into any Agreement or Agreements for that purpose;

b) to act as the governing body for Hockey of hockey in all its forms but always excluding ice hockey (hereinafter called "Hockey") in Scotland;

c) to foster encourage and develop Hockey in Scotland;

d) to do all other things necessary or desirable for the promotion of the interests of Hockey;

e) To make and enforce Rules and Regulations and to formulate and issue Codes of Ethics and Conduct for participants in Hockey at all levels and to make appropriate regulations to ensure that the carrying into effect of such codes of conduct, disciplinary procedures, anti-doping programmes, measures for the proper protection of children and young persons, anti-discriminatory procedures and rules of the Union are properly observed; and to promote the observance of the said codes procedures programmes measures and rules by its members and others.

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