{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025-commencement-no-5-regulations-2026/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025-commencement-no-5-regulations-2026/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1135",
  "legislation_title": "The Football Governance Act 2025 (Commencement No. 5) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025-commencement-no-5-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st November 2026",
  "text": "(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act (so far as not already in force as a result of section 100(2) of the Act) is 1st November 2026—\n(a) in Part 3 (operating licences)—\n(i) section 15 (operating licences) except subsection (1);\n(ii) section 16 (application for provisional operating licence);\n(iii) section 17 (grant of provisional operating licence);\n(iv) section 18 (grant of full operating licence);\n(v) section 19 (revocation and cessation of operating licence);\n(vi) section 20 (mandatory licence conditions);\n(vii) section 21 (discretionary licence conditions);\n(viii) section 22 (scope of powers to attach or vary discretionary licence conditions);\n(ix) section 23 (procedure for attaching or varying financial discretionary licence conditions);\n(x) section 24 (commitments in lieu of financial discretionary licence conditions);\n(xi) section 25 (procedure for attaching or varying other discretionary licence conditions);\n(xii) Schedule 4 (threshold requirements) so far as not already in force;\n(xiii) Schedule 5 (mandatory licence conditions);\n(xiv) Schedule 6 (commitments in lieu of financial discretionary licence conditions);\n(b) in Part 5 (duties on clubs and competition organisers etc)—\n(i) section 52 (duty to publish a personnel statement);\n(ii) section 55 (duties to notify and consult the IFR) so far as not already in force;\n(c) in Part 7 (investigatory powers etc)—\n(i) section 67 (meaning of “relevant infringement”) so far as it relates to the provisions 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 the provisions of Schedule 7 specified in paragraph (2)(a), (b) and (c);\n(d) in Part 8 (enforcement)—\n(i) section 75 (sanctions) so far as not already in force;\n(ii) Schedule 9 (sanctions) so far as not already in force.\n(2) The provisions of Schedule 7 specified for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c)(ii) are—\n(a) paragraph 1 so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraphs (b) to (e);\n(b) paragraph 2(2)(a);\n(c) paragraph 2(2)(e) so far as it relates to a requirement imposed by section 52;\n(d) paragraph 2(4)(a);\n(e) paragraph 6 so far as not already in force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1135/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:41:43.626734+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."
}