Football Governance Act 2025

92 Minor definitions etc

(1) In this Act—

• “Bank of England base rate” means—

  (a)

  the percentage rate announced from time to time by the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England as the official dealing rate, being the rate at which the Bank is willing to enter into transactions for providing short term liquidity in the money markets, or

  (b)

  where an order under section 19 of the Bank of England Act 1998 is in force, any equivalent percentage rate determined by the Treasury under that section;

• “business premises” means premises (or any part of premises) not used as a dwelling;

• “conflict of interest”, in relation to a person, means a financial or other interest which is likely to prejudicially affect the discharge by the person of the person’s functions;

• “the financial resources threshold requirement” means the threshold requirement in paragraph 2 of Schedule 4;

• “the Football Association” means the Football Association Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 00077797);

• “football season” means a period—

  (a)

  beginning with the day in a particular year on which the first match of any specified competition is played, and

  (b)

  ending with the day in the following year on which the final match of any specified competition is played;

• “HMRC” means the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

• “information” includes—

  (a)

  information in the form of a document, whether in draft or in final form;

  (b)

  information in any other form;

• “the non-financial resources threshold requirement” means the threshold requirement in paragraph 3 of Schedule 4;

• “registered society” means a registered society as defined by section 1 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014;

• “the Tribunal” means the Competition Appeal Tribunal;

• “Tribunal Procedure Rules” means rules made under section 15 of the Enterprise Act 2002.

(2) In this Act, “serious criminal conduct” means conduct which—

(a) amounts to the commission of an offence specified, or falling within a description specified, in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Serious Crime Act 2007, or

(b) would amount to the commission of such an offence if done in England and Wales.

(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend this section so as to change the definition of “serious criminal conduct” in subsection (2).

(4) Before making regulations under subsection (3), the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.

(5) Any notification required to be given by or under this Act must be given in writing.