The Scottish Football Association is seeking further punishment for Rangers goalkeeper Steve Simonsen's betting offences.
Simonsen served a one-game ban this month after admitting breaking the SFA's zero tolerance rules by betting on a total of 50 games in a year.
The 35-year-old had not bet on any games relating to his club's competitions and was given a one-match ban with another suspended when an SFA-convened judicial panel convened on February 12.
But now SFA compliance officer Tony McGlennan has challenged that decision.
A statement read: "The Scottish FA can confirm that the compliance officer has appealed against the sanction imposed on Steve Simonsen (Rangers FC) at a disciplinary hearing on February 12, 2015.
"An appellate tribunal will convene in due course to consider the appeal, which the compliance officer has stated under paragraph 14.3 of the judicial panel protocol, on the basis that the sanction imposed was unduly lenient."
Previous judicial panels have issued more severe punishments for betting offences, but they have involved players betting on games in which they were involved.
In September 2013, Simonsen's Ibrox team-mate Ian Black was handed a 10-game ban - seven of which were suspended - and a £7,500 fine after admitted to placing 160 football bets over a seven-year period.
Three of the matches involved bets placed against the former Hearts and Inverness midfielder's own team, which included a gamble that Rangers would draw against East Stirlingshire. Black scored the third goal in his side's 4-2 win, a result that scuppered his own accumulator.
Five months later, Ayr United frontman Michael Moffat was given a four-game ban - with another two suspended - after he was found guilty of placing seven bets on six matches involving his own team. Moffat, who avoided a fine, was also found guilty of placing an additional 150 bets on other games.
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