ITF

I. THE COMPETITION 1. TITLE The Competition, the ITF Team Championship for women, shall be called the Fed Cup. 2. OWNERSHIP The Competition, including the Zone Group Events, shall be owned and managed by the International Tennis Federation, hereinafter referred to as the "ITF". References to the International Tennis Federation shall hereafter mean ITF Limited. 3. NATIONS ELIGIBLE (a) The Competition shall be open only to Class B Members of the ITF. (b) Every country entitled to take part in the Competition is hereinafter referred to as a "Nation", and the Nation holding the Championship is hereinafter referred to as the "Champion Nation". (c) Notices issued in connection with the Competition shall be sent to the National Tennis Associations of the competing Nations. Note 1: Note 2: 4. The Board of Directors agreed that Pacific Oceania be granted an extended dispensation from Regulation 3 to participate in the Fed Cup Competition in 2014 and henceforth to include players from Associate Member Islands only and to exclude players from Australia and New Zealand until such a time as an individual nation was considered by the Fed Cup Committee to have the ability to compete in its own right when the future participation of Pacific Oceania would be reviewed. The 1996 AGM agreed that the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) be granted dispensation from Regulation 3 to participate in the Fed Cup Competition in 2014 and henceforth until such time as an individual nation was considered by the Fed Cup Committee to have the ability to compete in its own right, when the future participation of OECS would be reviewed. ENTRIES (a) The closing date for eligible Nations to enter shall be no later than 1st July in the preceding year. (b) The entry of any Nation for the next year's Competition may be refused by an Annual General Meeting if in the opinion of such meeting the participation of the said Nation may result in the Competition being endangered. No decision in this respect shall be valid unless carried by a majority of no less than three-quarters of those present and voting. Where in any year the Annual General Meeting takes place prior to the entry deadline and/or after the Draw for the Competition the following year, the powers conferred on an Annual General Meeting in relation to the refusal of an entry shall be exercised by the Board of Directors, 1

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