WELCOME to the Professional Darts Corporation's 2016 Rules.
Section 7 below refers to General Rules.
7. General
7.1 Participation in all PDC events is subject to players adhering to the Darts Regulation Authority rulebook. Special attention is drawn to the rules referring to behaviour and dress.
7.2 The PDC reserves the right to remove any tournament from the calendar without prior notice but will endeavour not to add any tournament to the calendar without a minimum of three months’ notice.
7.3 The PDC accepts no responsibility for any loss, financial or otherwise, incurred by any player or other person in relation to the change in a tournament’s date, location or schedule providing such change is advertised on pdc.tv more than three months before the opening day of the relevant tournament.
In the event of a change occurring within three months of the opening day of a tournament, the PDC will enter into good faith negotiations with any player who can prove they have incurred non-refundable or changeable travel or accommodation expenses for themselves only.
7.4 The PDC reserves the right to consult with the PDPA to add or amend any or all of these rules at any time to meet any purpose deemed to be necessary at that time by the PDC’s Board of Directors.
7.5 All match results and prize money awarded shall be recorded in all stages of all PDC tournaments and this information shall be published as soon as possible after a tournament has been concluded on pdc.tv.
7.6 For clarification, reference to ‘non-UK’ in this document shall refer to mainland Europe, America, Asia, Africa or Oceania. Players from the Republic of Ireland shall be included with UK players and so shall not be eligible to qualify as European players from the ProTour Order of Merit.
7.7 This document will remain in force until the completion of all 2016 events unless otherwise advised.