Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015

101 Supporter ownership

Regulations made under section 99(1)(b) may, in particular, make provision for or in connection with—

(a) the types of football club in relation to which the regulations are to apply,

(b) the things which the regulations may facilitate ownership of, including, in particular—

(i) any entity which owns, operates or controls a football club,

(ii) a shareholding or other interest in such an entity,

(iii) any asset (including any right or liability) of the football club or such an entity,

(c) the valuation of anything mentioned in paragraph (b),

(d) the circumstances which must exist, or conditions which must be satisfied, before any rights conferred under the regulations may be exercised,

(e) the steps that must be taken by supporters, or a body or association representing the interests of supporters, to exercise any rights conferred by the regulations,

(f) the provision of information to supporters about the football club, including details about how, and by whom, the club and any property connected with it is owned or held,

(g) requiring, restricting or preventing the sale or transfer of anything which is, or may become, subject to the rights conferred by the regulations,

(h) the consequences of selling or transferring anything which is, or may become, subject to the rights conferred by the regulations otherwise than in accordance with the regulations (including, in particular, reducing such a sale or transfer),

(i) the rights of creditors of the football club and other persons with an interest in the club,

(j) the resolution of disputes in connection with any rights conferred under the regulations,

(k) appeals in connection with any rights conferred under the regulations,

(l) the circumstances in which any right conferred under the regulations is or may be extinguished.