PREMIER LEAGUE

SECTION G: DISCLOSURE OF OWNERSHIP
G.7.
G.8.
G.9.
G.10.
G.11.
G.12.
Each Club shall forthwith give notice in writing to the Secretary if any Person identified in a
notice given in accordance with Rule G.1.1 or Rule G.1.2 either directly or indirectly holds
acquires or ceases to hold any Holding in the Club.
The Board shall have power to suspend a Club if either directly or indirectly a Person acquires
a Significant Interest in that Club while such Person either directly or indirectly holds any
Holding in any class of Shares of another Club.
At the discretion of the Board, a suspension may take effect forthwith or it may be postponed
subject to such conditions as the Board may think fit to impose.
Unless a suspension is postponed, a suspended Club shall not play in:
G.10.1. any League Match; or
G.10.2. any matches organised as part of the Games Programmes or matches in the
Professional Development Leagues (as those terms are defined in the Youth
Development Rules); or
G.10.3. any of the competitions set out in Rules L.9 and L.10; or
G.10.4. any other match.
For the purposes of the League competition, the Board shall have power to determine how
the cancellation of a League Match caused by the suspension of one of the Clubs which
should have participated in it shall be treated.
The Board shall have power to remove a Club’s suspension imposed under Rule G.8 upon
being satisfied that the circumstances giving rise to it are no longer extant.
PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION G A
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