Part 3

Operating licences

Operating licences

Application for provisional operating licence
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1
A club may apply to the IFR for a provisional operating licence.
2
The IFR must specify in rules—
a
the time by which an application must be made, and
b
the manner and form in which an application must be made.
3
An application must be accompanied by—
a
a personnel statement (see subsection (4)) and a statement explaining why the club considers the personnel statement to be accurate,
b
a strategic business plan (see subsection (5)), and
c
such other information and documents as may be specified by the IFR in rules.
4
A “personnel statement” is a statement—
a
identifying each of the club’s owners and officers,
b
identifying the club’s ultimate owner,
c
setting out the job title of, or a description of the role performed by, each of the club’s officers, and
d
setting out the specified senior management functions performed by each of the club’s officers who is a senior manager.
5
A “strategic business plan” is a document containing—
a
information, in respect of the relevant period, about—
i
the proposed operation of the club,
ii
the estimated costs of that operation,
iii
how those costs are to be funded, and
iv
the source of such funding, and
b
such other information as may be specified by the IFR in rules.
6
For the purposes of subsection (5)(a), the “relevant period” means the period—
a
beginning with the day on which the application under this section is made, and
b
ending no earlier than the end of the next football season after the application is made.