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The Premier League Handbook requirements about the requisition of control—just the word “control”, without “significant influence” attached to it—are, significantly and wisely, narrower in scope than the Bill. An acquirer falls within the Premier League Handbook only if they propose to acquire control of the club. That is different from the Bill, where the Secretary of State has added “significant influence or control” and taken the responsibility of defining it, so persons who exercise significant influence do not fall within the scope of the Premier League Handbook but fall within the scope of the Bill.