SPFL Player Regulation 65 (Expiry / termination of Temporary Transfers) “On the expiry of the term or other termination of a Temporary Transfer, the Registration of the Player concerned shall revert to his transferor Club or, as the case may be, his Football club: (i) where such expiry or termination occurs outside of a Registration Period, on the first day of the next succeeding Registration Period; or (ii) where such expiry or termination occurs during a Registration Period, on the date of such expiry or termination.“(emphasis added) The effect of this provision is that a ‘loan’ Player who returns to his lending Club on early termination of his loan agreement is not eligible to play for his lending Club until the first day of the next Registration Period. The only exception to this is where an exceptional order may be made by the Board,