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Secondly, the Premier League has made clear its intention to maintain its ownership tests. In our meeting last week with representatives of the shadow regulator, they said that they had had conversations and knew that that was the situation—so everyone is working from the same page. But, obviously, that test is different from the test that the IFR will follow. Can the Minister explain what happens if the situation arises that the Premier League finds an owner suitable through its tests but the IFR does not? An even more tricky situation is if the IFR finds an owner suitable and the Premier League does not. Can the regulator overrule the Premier League in both these circumstances? Importantly, how would that difference be resolved? Obviously, that would be quite a critical situation and, for fans, a seminal issue for their club.