PREMIER LEAGUE

PREMIER LEAGUE RULES: SECTION B
THE LEAGUE: GOVERNANCE, OPERATIONS AND FINANCE
SECTION B: THE LEAGUE – GOVERNANCE
Name and Membership Old Rule
B.1. The League’s first team competition shall be called “The Premier League” to which
may be added the name of the Title Sponsor.
B.2. The League’s first team competition shall consist of teams of those association
football clubs playing in England and Wales not exceeding 20 in number which are
from time to time members of the League.
B.3. Each member Club shall on request give to the League the address of its registered
office and shall provide to the League certified true copies of:
B.3.1. its certificate of incorporation; and
B.3.2. its memorandum of association; and
B.3.3. its articles of association; and
B.3.4. any amendments to the above documents.
B.4. At the end of each Season the Board shall require each of the Clubs relegated in
accordance with Rule C.11 to execute an instrument transferring its ordinary share
in the League to such of the 3 clubs promoted to the League from the Football
League as the Board directs.
B.5. Upon such share transfers being registered in accordance with the Articles each
of the promoted Clubs will become a member of the League.
B.6. A Club shall cease to be entitled to be a member of the League (and upon
registration in accordance with the Articles of the transfer of its ordinary share in
the League shall cease to be a member thereof) following:
B.6.1. its relegation in accordance with Rule C.11; or
B.6.2. the receipt of a notice by the Board under the provisions of Article 10.1; or
B.6.3. its expulsion under the provisions of Rule B.7; or
B.6.4. its resignation under the provisions of Rules B.8 and B.10.
B.7. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 27, the League may expel a Club from
membership upon a special resolution to that effect being passed by a majority of
not less than three-fourths of such members as (being entitled to do so) vote by
their representatives or by proxy at a General Meeting of which notice specifying
the intention to propose the resolution has been duly given.
B.8. Any Club intending to resign as a member of the League may do so only with
effect from the end of the Season upon which it is intended that such resignation is
to take effect provided that it shall give notice in writing to that effect to the Company
Secretary on or before the 31st December preceding the end of such Season.
B.9. Any Director of a Club giving notice under the provisions of Rule B.8 who
represents the League on the Council of the Football Association shall vacate that
office forthwith upon the giving of the notice.
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