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Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 91(3)(a)(i) of the Football Governance Act 2025 (c. 21), for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made ***

Coming into force 24th November 2025

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(3) of the Football Governance Act 2025^f1.

The Secretary of State is content that for each competition specified in these Regulations, the teams entered into that competition, or that are members of it or participate in it, are exclusively or predominantly English teams^f2.

In accordance with section 91(3)(a)(i) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

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Footnotes

f1: 2025 c. 21.
f2: Section 2(4) of that Act provides that a team is an “English team” if the ground at which the team customarily plays its home matches is in England.