- Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 2460
The Public Order (Domestic Football Banning) Order 1999
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| Made | 6th September 1999 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 6th September 1999 | ||
| Coming into force | 27th September 1999 |
In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 34(4) and 36(1) of the Public Order Act 1986[1], I hereby make the following Order:
1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Public Order (Domestic Football Banning) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 27th September 1999.
(2) In this Order "the 1986 Act" means the Public Order Act 1986.
2. The Public Order (Football Exclusion) Order 1987[2] and the Public Order (Football Exclusion) (Amendment) Order 1992[3] are hereby revoked.
3. The Chief Executive of the Football Association Limited and the Football Banning Orders Authority shall be prescribed persons for the purposes of section 34 of the 1986 Act.
4. An association football match (played in England or Wales) specified in the Schedule to this Order shall be a prescribed football match for the purposes of section 36 of the 1986 Act.
Lord Steve Bassam
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
6th September 1999
An association football match -
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(a) in which one or both of the participating teams represents a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League or the Football Association Premier League, or represents a club, country or territory outside England and Wales, and
(b) which is played at a sports ground which is designated by order under section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975[4], or registered with the Football League or the Football Association Premier League as the home ground of a club which is a member of the Football League or the Football Association Premier League at the time the match is played.
(This note is not part of the Order)
Part IV of the Public Order Act 1986 (Exclusion Orders) is extensively amended by sections 6 to 8 of the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999. Amongst other changes, the exclusion order is renamed the domestic football banning order.
Section 34 requires a court making a domestic football banning order to provide a copy of the order to the person to whom the order relates, the chief officer of police for the area in which the offence was committed and any prescribed person.
Article 3 of this Order prescribes the Chief Executive of the Football Association and the Football Banning Orders Authority for the purposes of section 34.
The effect of a domestic football banning order is to prohibit entry to any premises for the purpose of attending any prescribed football match. Article 4 prescribes the association football matches for the purposes of section 36.
Notes:
[1] 1986 c.64; as amended by sections 6 to 8 of the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999 (c.21).back
[4] 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
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