Football Governance Bill [HL]

Clause 4, page 4, line 37, at end insert—

“(5A) The IFR must give a notice to all persons it considers to be an officer of a club for the purposes of this section informing them that they are considered as officers under this section.”

Schedule 2, page 85, line 20, leave out “chair” and insert “Board”

Schedule 2, page 85, line 23, leave out “chair” and insert “Board”

Schedule 2, page 85, line 27, leave out from “unless” to end of line 28 and insert “they do not have a conflict of interest.”

Schedule 2, page 85, line 28, at end insert—

(1A)A member of the Board must declare their conflicts of interest and the Chief Executive Officer must maintain a register of interests of members of the Board.”

Schedule 2, page 85, line 37, at end insert—

“6A No person may be appointed to the Board if that person currently has any broadcast or media interests or any role in a television or media broadcast which relates to football.”

Schedule 2, page 85, line 37, at end insert—

““6A (1)Any person appointed to the Board must agree to appear before any relevant Parliamentary Committee.

Schedule 2, page 85, line 37, at end insert—

““6A (1)The Chief Executive Officer must resign their post if within the course of a calendar year they have not appeared before a relevant Parliamentary Committee which has invited them to appear.

Schedule 2, page 86, line 13, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Schedule 2, page 87, line 2, at end insert “, but may not pay any employee more than £172,153 per annum.”

Schedule 2, page 87, line 13, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Schedule 2, page 90, line 16, after “six” insert “or more than twenty”

Schedule 2, page 90, line 21, at end insert—

(1A)Members of the Expert Panel must declare their interests and the Chief Executive Officer must maintain a register of interests of members of the Expert Panel.”

Schedule 2, page 90, line 30, leave out from “unless” to end of line 31 and insert “they do not have a conflict of interest.”

Schedule 2, page 91, line 3, at end insert—

(7)No member may be appointed to the Expert Panel if they currently have any broadcast or media interests or any role in a television or media broadcast that relates to football.”

Schedule 2, page 91, line 8, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Schedule 2, page 91, line 15, leave out from “pay” to the end of line 16 and insert “to persons appointed to the Expert Panel no more than £91,346 per annum”

Schedule 2, page 91, line 39, leave out “may” and insert “must”

Schedule 2, page 92, line 20, at end insert—

““28A (1)The Expert Panel must publish any decision that it makes relating to any of its functions under this Act.

Schedule 2, page 94, line 26, leave out paragraph 36