# Football Governance Act 2025, Paragraph 7: Voting rights

Extent: E+W

(1) A reference to the voting rights in a person is to the rights conferred on shareholders in respect of their shares (or, in the case of a person not having a share capital, on members) to vote at general meetings of the person on all or substantially all matters.
(2) In relation to a person that does not have general meetings at which matters are decided by the exercise of voting rights—
(a) a reference to holding voting rights in the person is to be read as a reference to holding rights in relation to the person that are equivalent to those of a person entitled to exercise voting rights in a company;
(b) a reference to holding more than 25% of the voting rights in the person is to be read as a reference to holding the rights under the constitution of the person to block changes to the overall policy of the person or to the terms of its constitution.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/21/schedule/1/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025/schedule-1/paragraph-7
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