PREMIER LEAGUE

PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION V
PLAYERS: CONTRACTS, REGISTRATIONS AND TRANSFERS
SECTION V: PLAYERS – TRANSFERS OF REGISTRATIONS
Transfer Windows Old Rule
V.1. “Transfer Windows” means the 2 periods in a year during which, subject to Rule
V.4, a Club may apply for the New Registration of a player or to have the registration
of a player transferred to it or for a Temporary Transfer.
V.2. The first Transfer Window in any year shall commence at midnight on the last day
of the Season and shall end on 31st August next if a Working Day or, if not, on the
first Working Day thereafter, at a time to be determined by the Board.
V.3. The second Transfer Window in any year shall commence at midnight on 31st
December and shall end on 31st January next if a Working Day or, if not, on the
first Working Day thereafter, at a time to be determined by the Board.
V.4. Outside a Transfer Window the Board in its absolute discretion may:
V.4.1. refuse an application; or
V.4.2. grant an application and, if thought fit, impose conditions by which the Club
making the application and the player shall be bound.
Temporary Transfer Old Rule
V.5. A “Temporary Transfer” shall mean the transfer of a contract registration
effected in accordance with Rules V.6 to V.10.
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V.6. Subject to the conditions set out below, a Temporary Transfer shall be permitted:
V.6.1. between Clubs; and
V.6.2. between a Club and a club in membership of the Football League, the
Football Conference, the Northern Premier League, the Isthmian League and
the Southern League.
V.7. The conditions referred to in Rule V.6 are:
V.7.1. a Temporary Transfer to a Club may not take place in the Transfer Window
in which the Transferor Club acquired the Player’s registration;
V.7.2. during the period of the Temporary Transfer of his contract registration a
Player shall not play against the Transferor Club;
V.7.3. if during the period of a Temporary Transfer the Player’s registration is
transferred permanently from the Transferor Club to the Transferee Club,
the two Clubs may agree in writing (to be copied to the League) that the Player
shall not play against the Transferor Club for the remainder of the Season;
V.7.4. subject to any conditions imposed by the Board in the exercise of its discretion
under Rule V.4.2, the minimum period of a Temporary Transfer shall be the
period between 2 consecutive Transfer Windows and the period of a Temporary
Transfer shall not extend beyond 30th June next after it was entered into;
V.7.5. the maximum number of Temporary Transfers to any one Club registrable
in the same Season shall be 4 and in no circumstances shall more than 1 be
from the same Transferor Club save there shall be excluded from these
numbers any Temporary Transfer of the kind described in V.7.6.1 or V.7.6.2;
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