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(e) Ensure that the programme of play is arranged in accordance with Regulation 42, and if necessary change the time for commencement of play. (f) Ensure that Chair Umpires and Line Umpires have been appointed and at his discretion appoint substitutes for any of them during the course of a match. (g) Be entitled to a seat within the court enclosure with a clear view of the court. However, when the Referee is assisted by a Neutral Chair Umpire, the Referee may sit in close proximity to the court. (h) Prohibit any persons other than the contesting players, the Captains, the Chair Umpires, Line Umpires and ball boys from entering the enclosure during the course of a match unless he decides otherwise. For this purpose the enclosure shall mean the court as defined by the operations manual. (i) Decide any point of law which may arise. (j) Decide whether or not a match shall be begun or stopped owing to the state of the courts, the state of the weather, darkness, or other unavoidable hindrance, and, having been postponed or stopped, whether play shall begin or continue. (k) During the course of a Tie decide whether or not a match can be transferred indoors and/or to another surface in case of bad weather. (l) Impose or instruct a Chair Umpire to enforce the Code of Conduct should any disturbance or interference by spectators or others occur, or should any other activities around the court disturb the players. (m)Ensure that all members of the team, including the Captain, comply with the section of the Davis Cup Code dealing with dress and equipment, including Team Identification. (n) Ensure that when substitutions are sanctioned for reasons of health, a medical certificate from an independent doctor is presented. (o) Change the decision of a Line Umpire or Chair Umpire, or order a point to be replayed, when a very clearly incorrect call or decision has been made relating to a Question of Fact. However, the Referee only has this authority when there is a non-neutral Chair Umpire officiating the match and the Referee is sitting on court. Note: The Referee should always remember that the intention is to give him power to correct very clear mistakes and not to become a second Chair Umpire. (p) Immediately on the completion of the Tie, submit a Referee's Report to the ITF for distribution to the two Associations concerned. (q) Ensure, in addition to on court officials, that only the nominated team as per Regulation 36 shall be present for the presentation and closing ceremony on court. 45. REFEREE - POWERS (a) The Referee is the on-site representative of the ITF, and is responsible for ensuring the uniform administration and interpretation of the Davis Cup Regulations, the Rules of Tennis, the operations manual, the Davis Cup Code of Conduct and the ITF duties and procedures for Officials. (b) The Referee shall have the power to give a formal warning to the Captain and, after two warnings, may remove him from the match in course and/or for the following matches of that Tie, in which case he may be replaced only by a 26

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