{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025/schedule-9/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025/schedule-9/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2025/21",
  "legislation_title": "Football Governance Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025",
  "path": "schedule/9/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Financial penalties",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where the IFR determines (whether as a result of an investigation or otherwise) that a person (“P”) has, without reasonable excuse, committed a relevant infringement.\n(2) The IFR may impose a financial penalty on P.\n(3) The amount of a penalty imposed under this paragraph may be such amount as the IFR considers appropriate, provided it does not exceed the amount set out in whichever of sub-paragraphs (6) to (10) applies.\n(4) Where the IFR imposes a penalty under this paragraph it may provide that the amount of the penalty is reduced to, or by, a specified amount if the penalty is paid before a day specified in a decision notice under section 77.\n(5) The amount of a penalty imposed under this paragraph must be—\n(a) a fixed amount,\n(b) an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, or\n(c) a combination of a fixed amount and an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate.\n(6) Where P is a club or a competition organiser, the maximum amount of a penalty that may be imposed under this paragraph is—\n(a) in the case of a fixed amount, an amount equal to 10% of the total revenue of the club or organiser (both inside and outside the United Kingdom);\n(b) in the case of an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, for each day an amount equal to 10% of the daily revenue of the club or organiser (both inside and outside the United Kingdom);\n(c) in the case of a combination of a fixed amount and an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, the amount specified in—\n(i) paragraph (a), in relation to the fixed amount, and\n(ii) paragraph (b), in relation to the amount calculated by reference to a daily rate.\n(7) Where P is a body that is not a regulated club but has been a regulated club, the maximum amount of a penalty that may be imposed under this paragraph is—\n(a) in the case of a fixed amount, the higher of—\n(i) an amount equal to 10% of the total revenue of the body’s (both within and outside the United Kingdom), and\n(ii) £75,000;\n(b) in the case of an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, for each day the higher of—\n(i) an amount equal to 10% of the daily revenue of the body (both inside and outside the United Kingdom), and\n(ii) £25,000;\n(c) in the case of a combination of a fixed amount and an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, the amount specified in—\n(i) paragraph (a), in relation to the fixed amount, and\n(ii) paragraph (b), in relation to the amount calculated by reference to a daily rate.\n(8) Where P is an owner of a club (including where P is also a senior manager or other officer of the club), the maximum amount of a penalty that may be imposed under this paragraph is—\n(a) in the case of a fixed amount, an amount equal to 10% of the total revenue of the club (both inside and outside the United Kingdom);\n(b) in the case of an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, for each day an amount equal to 10% of the daily revenue of the club (both inside and outside the United Kingdom);\n(c) in the case of a combination of a fixed amount and an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, the amount specified in—\n(i) paragraph (a), in relation to the fixed amount, and\n(ii) paragraph (b), in relation to the amount calculated by reference to a daily rate.\n(9) Where P is an officer of a club (including where P is a senior manager of the club but not where P is also an owner of the club), the maximum amount of a penalty that may be imposed under this paragraph is—\n(a) in the case of a fixed amount, the higher of—\n(i) an amount equal to 10% of the officer’s remuneration, and\n(ii) £75,000;\n(b) in the case of an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, for each day the higher of—\n(i) an amount equal to 10% of the officer’s daily remuneration, and\n(ii) £25,000;\n(c) in the case of a combination of a fixed amount and an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, the amount specified in—\n(i) paragraph (a), in relation to the fixed amount, and\n(ii) paragraph (b), in relation to the amount calculated by reference to a daily rate.\n(10) In any other case, the maximum amount of a penalty that may be imposed under this paragraph is—\n(a) in the case of a fixed amount, £75,000;\n(b) in the case of an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, £25,000 per day;\n(c) in the case of a combination of a fixed amount and an amount calculated by reference to a daily rate, the amount specified in—\n(i) paragraph (a), in relation to the fixed amount, and\n(ii) paragraph (b), in relation to the amount calculated by reference to a daily rate.\n(11) Where a club or body is an undertaking that is part of a group, references in sub-paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) to the revenue of the club or body are to the revenue of that group.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 6 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 100(2)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 9 para. 6 in force at 12.12.2025 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2025/1286, reg. 2(1)(c)(ii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/21/schedule/9/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:39:55.233089+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."
}