3. Powers and duties
The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.
· allows play to continue when an offence occurs, or a restart is incorrectly taken and the ball is in play, and the opposing team will benefit from the advantage, and penalises the offence/orders a retake if the anticipated advantage does not ensue at that time or within a few seconds
Verdicts that turn on it 8
Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.
- The kick has not been taken as Law 13 requiresfree-kick
- Play continues on the advantagefree-kick
- The corner kick is retaken, and the caution is the part that is not optionalgoal-kick-corner
- Play on, and go back if the advantage does not comereferee
- Throw-in to the opposing team: the stancethrow-in
- Throw-in to the opposing team: the feetthrow-in
- Throw-in to the opposing team: the hands or the actionthrow-in
- Throw-in to the opposing team: the wrong placethrow-in
Explained in the rules library 3
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Changed for 2026/27 1
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Questions that ask it 2
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