Part 2The Independent Football Regulator
Reports, statements and guidance
11Football governance statement
(1)
The Secretary of State may prepare a statement (“a football governance statement”) setting out the policies of His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom that relate to the governance of football.
(2)
But a football governance statement may not contain any policies that are inconsistent with the purpose of this Act or with the IFR’s objectives.
(3)
The Secretary of State may revise any football governance statement.
(4)
But the Secretary of State may not revise any football governance statement more frequently than every five years unless—
(a)
a Parliamentary general election has taken place,
(b)
there has been a significant change in the policy of His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom relating to football, or
(c)
the Secretary of State considers that the statement, or any part of it, is inconsistent with the purpose of this Act or with the IFR’s objectives.
(5)
The Secretary of State must publish any football governance statement, or any revised statement, prepared under this section.
(6)
The Secretary of State must lay any football governance statement, or any revised statement, published under this section before Parliament.