What you need to know
The new Incorporated Societies Act was passed into law on 6 April 2022, which intends to improve governance functions by aligning director duties more closely with those in the Companies Act. This can include things like club constitutions, dispute resoultion and financial reporting.
This has big implications for football clubs, who all need to be registered incorporated societies to be able to keep receiving grant funding.
Right now, we're in a transition period where the old rules apply until clubs re-register by filing a constitution that's compliant with the new Act, or consider alternative options.
The deadline for re-registering under the new act is 5 April 2026. Clubs not doing so will cease to be incorporated, and removed from the Register.