PREMIER LEAGUE

PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION A
SECTION A: DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
A.1.111. “Radio Contract Money” means money received by the League under any
Radio Contract;
A.1.112. “Radio Broadcaster” means a Person with whom the League has entered into a
Radio Contract and who is entitled to effect the Radio Transmission of League
Matches in accordance with the terms of that Contract;
A.1.113. “Radio Transmission” means any terrestrial or satellite broadcast or transmission
by cable of sounds of and/or commentary upon any League Match or inclusion
thereof in a cable programme service and/or on the Internet and/or any relay of
sound of and/or commentary upon any League Match whether to an open or
closed user group by any means now existing or hereafter invented not consisting
solely of storage and distribution of recorded sounds in tangible form whether
such radio transmission is on a live or recorded basis in whole or as excerpts;
A.1.114. “Relegated Club” means a Football League club which was relegated under the
provisions of Rule C.11 at the end of any of the 4 previous Seasons and which
remains relegated;
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A.1.115. “Report” means a report in Form 6; A.1
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A.1.116. “Representation Contract” means an agreement to which a Club and an Agent
are party and pursuant to which the Agent acts for the Club or a Player in the
context of either the registration or transfer of the registration of a Player or the
employment of a Player by a Club;
A.1.117. “Resolution” has the meaning set out in Article 1.2; A.1
A.1.118. “Respondent” has the meaning set out in Rule W.22.2; A.1
R.18.2
A.1.119. “Retired Player” means a Player who has stopped playing competitive football; A.1
A.1.120. “these Rules” means the rules for the time being of the League and a letter and a
number following a reference to a rule identifies the Section in which it is
comprised and its number within that Section;
A.1.121. “Scout” means any person employed or engaged by a Club (whether on a fulltime
or part-time basis and whether or not he is remunerated in any way for his
services) whose duties include identifying to his Club players whose registration
his Club may wish to secure;
A.1.122. “Search and Intervention Steward” has the meaning set out in Rule S.3.10; A.1
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A.1.123. “Season” means the period commencing on the date of the first League Match on the
fixture list of the League’s first team competition and ending on the date of the last;
A.1.124. “the Secretary” means the general secretary of the League; A.1
A.1.125. “Section” means a Section of these Rules; A.1
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