Football Governance Act 2025

58 Applications under section 57: procedural and other requirements

(1) Before making an application under section 57, a specified competition organiser (“the notifier”) must—

(a) notify the other specified competition organiser (“the respondent”) that the notifier intends to make the application, and

(b) send a copy of the notification to the IFR.

(2) A notification under subsection (1)(a) must—

(a) set out details of the question or questions for resolution mentioned in section 57(1) to which it is intended the application will relate,

(b) specify the qualifying football season or seasons to which that question relates or those questions relate,

(c) explain why the notifier considers that at least one of the conditions in section 57 is met in relation to that season or those seasons,

(d) invite the respondent to make representations about the content of the notification, and

(e) specify the means by which, and the period within which, such representations must be made.

(3) The period specified in the notice for making representations must be a period of not less than 14 days beginning with the day on which the notice is given.

(4) An application under section 57 must not be made before the end of the period of five days beginning with the last day on which representations may be made.

(5) An application under section 57 must—

(a) set out details of the question or questions for resolution mentioned in section 57(1) to which the application relates,

(b) specify the qualifying football season or seasons to which that question relates or those questions relate,

(c) explain why the notifier considers that at least one of the conditions in section 57 is met in relation to that season or those seasons, and

(d) be accompanied by copies of any representations made by the respondent about the content of the notification under subsection (1)(a).