The Football Governance Act 2025 (Specified Competitions) Regulations 2025
These Regulations prescribe the top five tiers of the men’s English football pyramid as “specified competitions” for the purposes of the Football Governance Act 2025 (“the Act”).
Lifecycle
Department
Made
20 Nov 2025
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In force
24 Nov 2025
Enabling power
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.
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