How to use Bylaw and Order
Two audiences: the member with a question on a Saturday afternoon, and the administrator who owns the rules. Start with whichever you are.
For members and officials
1. Sign in
You are invited by your association or club. Enter your email address and we send you a sign-in link. There is no password. The link is single-use and expires.
2. Set your scope
Before your first question, pick your club, then the grade and the format you are asking about — two-day, one-day or T20.
Scope matters. The same situation can have a different answer in a different grade or format, so the adviser only reads the rules that apply to the scope you set. You can change it at any time from the line above the question box.
3. Ask the question
Type it the way you would say it to a colleague: "It rained for an hour, do we reduce the overs or is it a draw?" You can also dictate it with the microphone if you are standing on a boundary.
The answer leads with the bottom line, then shows the clauses it relied on so you can check the wording yourself. Every source is named with its document and version.
"Follow up" keeps the same scope and the previous answer as context. "New question" starts clean.
4. Escalate when it matters
If the answer is unclear, or the situation is a dispute rather than a look-up, use Refer to my association. That sends the question, your concern and the answer's sources to your association administrators.
You are told when it is picked up and when it is answered. If they publish a ruling, that ruling is applied ahead of the by-laws for everyone from then on.
For administrators
Load your rules
Documents holds your by-laws, playing conditions and the Laws of the game, each with dated versions. Upload the current edition and mark it current from its effective date; the old one is closed off automatically, so history is kept.
Annexures attach to their parent document rather than standing alone.
Answer referrals and publish rulings
Referrals lists what members escalated. Answer one and you can publish it as a ruling in the same step. Rulings is the register: what was asked, what was decided, and where it came from.
Answer review shows every question members asked. Verifying a good answer turns it into precedent without anyone re-typing it.
Run a bylaw review
Bylaw review reads a whole rulebook and reports what it finds: internal conflicts, gaps, clauses that contradict the competition above you, and spelling and grammar. Each finding quotes the clause and suggests a rewording you can accept or ignore.
Reviews run in the background. You can close the screen; you are notified when the report is ready, and the report can be exported.
Manage access and your data
Users and access shows who holds which role where, and lets you revoke access immediately. Invitations tracks who has been invited and who has taken it up. Activity is the audit trail: document changes, access changes, exports and consent decisions.
Data and consent is where you export everything your association owns, and where you decide whether to take part in the rules research.
What it will not do
It reads your rules and answers with the clause. It does not check its own quotes against the page, and it is not a substitute for a match-day official's decision or your association's judgement. Where a published ruling exists, the ruling outranks the model.
If an answer looks wrong, escalate it. That is the fastest way to get it fixed for everyone, and it is how the rulebook gets better.
Still stuck
Ask your association administrator first — they can see your questions and referrals. For anything about the product itself, get in touch.