The International Football Association Board (IFAB) is holding its annual general meeting in Northern Ireland tomorrow (1 March).
Football’s lawmakers are due to meet at Culloden Estate and Spa in Holywood, Co Down.
And IFAB’s 139th annual general meeting, which is being hosted by the Irish Football Association, will be chaired by Irish FA President Conrad Kirkwood.
The members are set to consider items arising from the recent Annual Business Meeting (ABM) of IFAB, in particular the progress on FIFA’s development of Football Video Support and other ongoing trials, including those aimed at reducing time wasting and improving participant behaviour.
Developments in relation to semi-automated offside technology and exploration of the use of referee body cameras by FIFA will be discussed, too.
A small number of potential amendments to the Laws of the Game 2025/26 will also be proposed, including ‘only the captain’ guidelines where only the captain of a team would be able to interact with the referee in specific situations so as to protect match officials.
The AGM will additionally deal with administrative and business matters and receive updates on various other IFAB projects.
At the ABM, staged in December, IFAB agreed to consider the introduction of Football Video Support around the world. It backed FIFA to extend trials into the system, which is a cheaper alternative to VAR (video assistant referee) and uses fewer cameras than VAR.
IFAB comprises of representatives from FIFA, The FA, Irish FA, Scottish FA and Football Association of Wales.
The AGM will decide which proposals and recommendations on the agenda will become part of the laws of the game from 1 June this year.
