PREMIER LEAGUE

PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION F
SECTION F: OWNERS’ AND DIRECTORS’ TEST
F.18. The person or Club advancing the appeal shall have the onus of proof of the
matters set out in the appeal on the balance of probabilities.
F.19. If the members of the appeal tribunal are not unanimous the decision of the
majority of them shall prevail.
F.20. The appeal tribunal shall give written reasons for its decision. D.21
F.21. Members of the appeal tribunal shall be entitled to receive from the League
a reasonable sum by way of fees and expenses.
F.22. The appeal tribunal shall have the following powers:
F.22.1. to allow the appeal in full;
F.22.2. to reject the appeal;
F.22.3. if it determines that a Disqualifying Event exists, to determine that the
individual concerned should not be banned for that period during which
they will remain subject to it and substitute such period as it shall
reasonably determine, having regard to all of the circumstances of the case;
F.22.4. to declare that no Disqualifying Event ever existed or that any
Disqualifying Event has ceased to exist;
F.22.5. to order the deposit to be forfeited to the League or to be repaid to the
appellant person or Club;
F.22.6. to order the appellant person or Club to pay or contribute to the costs
of the appeal including the fees and expenses of members of the appeal
tribunal paid or payable under Rule F.21.
F.23. The decision of the appeal tribunal shall be final and binding on the appellant
person and Club.
Persons Prohibited by Law from entering the United Kingdom etc Old Rule
F.24. No Person may acquire any Holding in a Club if, pursuant to the law of the United
Kingdom or the European Union:
F.24.1. he is prohibited from entering the United Kingdom; or
F.24.2. no funds or economic resources may be made available, directly or indirectly,
to or for his benefit.
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