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# The Football Governance Act 2025 (Specified Competitions) Regulations 2025

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2025 No. 1216
SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Football Governance Act 2025 (Specified Competitions) Regulations 2025
Made
20th November 2025
Coming into force
24th November 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(3) of the Football Governance Act 2025.
The Secretary of State is content that for each competition specified in these Regulations, the teams entered into that competition, or that are members of it or participate in it, are exclusively or predominantly English teams.
In accordance with section 91(3)(a)(i) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Football Governance Act 2025 (Specified Competitions) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 24th November 2025.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

## 2 Specified competitions {#regulation-2}

For the purposes of the Football Governance Act 2025 a “specified competition” means the following association football competitions—
(a) the Premier League competition, organised and administered by the Football Association Premier League Limited;
(b) the Championship, League One and League Two competitions, organised and administered by the Football League Limited; and
(c) the Premier Division of the National League competition, organised and administered by the Football Conference Limited,
in each case comprising clubs which are for the time being, full or associate members of that body.