Following the vote at the AGM held on 1 August 2023, the members present agreed to implement the following application of the Miss Rule for the 2023/24 League Season with the application to be reviewed again at the 2024 AGM.

The change of the previous application of the Miss Rule was to alleviate the judgement part for the referee as to whether a miss should be called or not based upon the players ability. The previous application was subjective and has caused some issues over the past few seasons.

It is hoped that the new application will ensure that the miss rule can be applied by all referees consistently throughout the league every time a player fails to make contact with a ball on. It previously was not being applied fairly or consistently due to the wide range of players abilities in the league, with both players and referees having a difference of opinion as to whether a snooker is easy or difficult to escape from.

Three Player Division / League Cup / All Tournaments
The full Miss Rule as detailed in the current WPBSA Official Rules of Snooker is to apply with the caveat that there will be a maximum of three miss calls in any given situation and a miss will not be called following a fourth failed escape. Thereafter the normal foul rule applies and the non-offending player has the option to play from where the balls have landed or ask the offending player to play again, thus no advantage should be gained from where the balls finish after the failed fourth attempt.

Four Player Division
A miss shall not be called when a player is snookered and fails to escape, the normal foul rule will apply in this instance. If a player however can see any part of a ball on and fails to make contact, a foul and a miss shall be called. There will be a maximum of three miss calls in any given situation and a miss will not be called following a fourth failed escape. Thereafter the normal foul rule applies and the non-offending player has the option to play from where the balls have landed or ask the offending player to play again, thus no advantage should be gained from where the balls finish after the failed fourth attempt.
A player shall not forfeit the frame for failing to make contact three times with any part of a ball on.