PREMIER LEAGUE

PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION F
CLUBS: FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE
SECTION F: OWNERS’ AND DIRECTORS’ TEST
Disqualifying Events Old Rule
F.1. A Person shall be disqualified from acting as a Director and no Club shall be
permitted to have any Person acting as a Director of that Club if:
F.1.1. either directly or indirectly he is involved in or has any power to determine
or influence the management or administration of another Club or Football
League club; or
F.1.2. either directly or indirectly he holds or acquires any Significant Interest in a
Club while he either directly or indirectly holds any interest in any class of
Shares of another Club; or
F.1.3. he becomes prohibited by law from being a Director (including without
limitation as a result of being subject to a disqualification order as a director
under the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986, or being subject to
the terms of an undertaking given to the Secretary of State under that Act,
unless a court of competent jurisdiction makes an order under that Act
permitting an appointment as a Director); or
F.1.4. he has a conviction (which is not a Spent Conviction) imposed by a court of
the United Kingdom or a competent court of foreign jurisdiction:
F.1.4.1. in respect of which an unsuspended sentence of at least 12 months’
imprisonment was imposed; or
F.1.4.2. in respect of any offence involving any act which would reasonably
be considered to be dishonest (and, for the avoidance of doubt,
irrespective of the actual sentence imposed); or
F.1.4.3. in respect of an offence set out in the Appendix 12 Schedule of Offences
or a directly analogous offence in a foreign jurisdiction (and, for the
avoidance of doubt, irrespective of the actual sentence imposed); or
F.1.5. he makes an Individual Voluntary Arrangement or becomes the subject of
an Interim Bankruptcy Restriction Order, a Bankruptcy Restriction Order or
a Bankruptcy Order; or
F.1.6. he is or has been a Director of a Club which, while he has been a Director of it, has
suffered 2 or more unconnected Events of Insolvency in respect of each of which
a deduction of points was imposed (and for the purposes of this Rule F.1.6 and
Rule F.1.7 a person shall be deemed to have been a Director of a Club which has
suffered an Event of Insolvency if such Event of Insolvency occurred in the 30
days immediately following his having resigned as a Director of that Club); or
F.1.7. he has been a Director of 2 or more Clubs or clubs each of which, while he
has been a Director of them, has suffered an Event of Insolvency in respect
of each of which a deduction of points was imposed; or
F.1.8. he is subject to a suspension or ban from involvement in the administration of
a sport by any ruling body of a sport that is registered with UK Sport or Sport
England, or any corresponding national or international association, whether
such suspension or ban is direct or indirect (for example a direction to Persons
subject to the jurisdiction of the ruling body that they should not employ,
contract with or otherwise engage or retain the services of an individual); or
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