Overview

• The new Owners, Directors and Senior Executives Test proposes access to domestic and international banks and law enforcement checks, with powers that include compelling sales of clubs.
• Public consultation opened today and runs until October 6, with DCMS saying the regulator will publish responses later this year and aims to switch on the regime as soon as practicable.
• The regime covers all 116 clubs from the Premier League to the National League but applies prospectively, with the IFR able to intervene if concerns arise about incumbents.
• Sanctions would follow a stepped, proportionate approach, ranging from fines and restrictions on rights to appointing third parties to run clubs or oversee sales, with the IFR stating it will not be enforcement-led.
• Checks on the government’s preferred chair, David Kogan, remain ongoing ahead of formal appointment.