27.1 In accordance with Ontario Ringette Association policy, all bench staff for Open/Masters teams must complete and submit a criminal record check. To facilitate this process, all bench staff for teams registered through GAARA should:
(a) complete the police record check at www.gaara.ca; and
(b) submit the original completed and signed form as part of the team’s annual registration package.

The following procedures will be in place:
(a) police record checks will be required at least every 3 years;
(b) all documentation relating to police record checks will be maintained by the Vice President in a safe and secure environment;
(c) an appeal of a decision by the Vice President to not accept any person as a member of a GAARA bench staff because of information provided by a police record check will follow the same procedure as outlined in by-law #20.2 (a) through (e); and
(d) GAARA will be responsible for any fees assessed by the local police force to perform record checks when submitted by GAARA. Individuals who submit their own police record checks are responsible for any cost.

27.2 All teams playing in the GAARA league and registered through associations other than GAARA are responsible to ensure that police records checks have been submitted to the home association by their bench staff. GAARA reserves the right to verify that this action has been satisfactorily completed.