# Football Governance Act 2025, Section 3: Meaning of “owner” etc

Extent: E+W

(1) In this Act, references to an “owner” of a club are to be construed in accordance with Schedule 1.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a club’s “ultimate owner” is—
(a) where the club has only one owner, that owner;
(b) where the club has more than one owner and one owner exercises a higher degree of influence or control over the activities of the club than any other owner, that owner;
(c) in any other case, each owner of the club who exercises a degree of influence or control over the activities of the club that—
(i) is the same as another owner, and
(ii) where there are other owners, is a higher degree of influence or control than any other owner.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/21/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/football-governance-act-2025/section-3
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