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Rule of law regularly referred to by governing body? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uefa

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'referred to by governing body?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'rule of law regularly' is the wordplay.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'rule'+'of'+'law'='ruleoflaw'
The alternating letters of 'ruleoflaw' are 'UEFA'.

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(Other definitions for uefa that I've seen before include "Sporting administrator" , "Soccer union (abbrev.)" , "Football cup" , "Organisers of Champions League" , "European soccer association" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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