Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1565

The Football (Offences) (Designation of Football Matches) Order 1991

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1991 No. 1565

SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS

The Football (Offences) (Designation of Football Matches) Order 1991

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 1(1) of the Football (Offences) Act 1991^[1], I hereby make the following Order:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Football (Offences) (Designation of Football Matches) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 10th August 1991.

    2.    -

    (1)  Football matches of the description specified in paragraph (2) below are hereby designated for the purposes of the Football (Offences) Act 1991.

    (2)  The football matches to which paragraph (1) above applies are any association football match (played in England or Wales) being a match which-
 (a) either forms part of a competition organised by or on behalf of the Union des Associations Europeennes de Football (U.E.F.A.) or involves a team which represents-
 (i) a club which is, at the time the match is played, a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League, or
 (ii) a country or territory, or
 (iii) a club in a country or territory outside England and Wales, and
 (b) is played at a sports ground which is, at the time the match is played, either designated by order under section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975^[2] or occupied by a club to which the description in sub-paragraph (a)(i) above applies.

Kenneth Baker

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office

9th July 1991

This Order designates association football matches for the purposes of the Football (Offences) Act 1991. That Act introduces penalties for certain types of misconduct at designated football matches.

[1] 1991 c. 19. back

[2] 1975 c. 52; section 1(1) was amended by Schedule 2 to the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27). back