{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025-commencement-no-4-regulations-2026/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025-commencement-no-4-regulations-2026/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/705",
  "legislation_title": "The Football Governance Act 2025 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025-commencement-no-4-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st July 2026",
  "text": "(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 1st July 2026—\n(a) in Part 5 (duties on clubs and competition organisers etc)—\n(i) section 46 (duty not to dispose etc of home ground without approval) so far as not already in force;\n(ii) section 48 (duty not to relocate without approval);\n(iii) section 49 (duty not to change crest, home shirt colours or name without approval);\n(iv) section 50 (duty to notify of changes in circumstances relevant to the IFR’s functions);\n(b) in Part 7 (investigatory powers etc)—\n(i) section 67 (meaning of “relevant infringement”) so far as it relates to the provisions being brought into force by paragraph (ii);\n(ii) the provisions of Schedule 7 (meaning of “relevant infringement”) specified in paragraph (2);\n(iii) section 70 (commitments in lieu of investigations) so far as it relates to paragraph 2(2)(e) of Schedule 7;\n(c) paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4 (threshold requirements) so far as it relates to section 48(4)(c).\n(2) The provisions in Schedule 7 specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)(ii) are—\n(a) paragraph 1 so far as it relates to the provisions being brought into force by sub-paragraphs (b) and (c);\n(b) paragraph 2(2)(e) so far as it relates to the provisions in Part 5 being brought into force by paragraph 2(1)(a);\n(c) paragraph 7(b) so far as it relates to the section 46.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/705/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:06.488323+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}