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UKPGA-1999-21 Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999 UK

Current to 2015-07-01

Contents
preamble

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

International football banning orders

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s. 2 — Relevant offences.
s. 2(1)

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s. 2(2)

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s. 2(3)

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s. 2(4)

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s. 2(5)

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s. 2(6)

In section 23 of the 1989 Act (further provision about, and appeals against, declarations of relevance) in subsection (1) (court may not make declaration of relevance unless satisfied prosecutor gave notice to defendant that it was proposed to show that offence related to football matches) after “football matches” insert “ , to a particular football match or to particular football matches (as the case may be). ”.

s. 3 — Conditions and duty to report.
s. 3(1)

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s. 3(2)

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s. 3(3)

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s. 3(4)

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s. 3(5)

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s. 3(6)

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s. 3(7)

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s. 3(8)

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s. 3(9)

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s. 3(10)

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s. 3(11)

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s. 3(12)

In section 21 of the 1989 Act (functions of enforcing authority: supplementary provisions) in subsection (3) (regulations about notices under section 19 imposing requirements to report to police stations) the words “imposing requirements to report to police stations” are repealed.

s. 3(13)

In subsection (6) of that section (notice taken to be received by person unless he proves he did not receive it and did not know and had no reasonable cause to believe that he had been required to report to a police station) for “he had been required to report to a police station” substitute “ requirements had been imposed on him under section 19 above ”.

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s. 5 — Offences outside England and Wales.
s. 5(1)

Section 22 of the 1989 Act (orders arising out of offences outside England and Wales) is amended as follows.

s. 5(2)

After subsection (1) (power to specify offences which appear to correspond to any offence specified in Schedule 1) insert—

s. 5(3)

For subsection (5) (order may not be made unless court satisfied that order would help prevent violence or disorder) substitute—

s. 5(4)

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s. 5(5)

For subsections (9) to (11) (which make provision in relation to certificates as to the conviction of persons of corresponding offences outside England and Wales) substitute—

Domestic football banning orders

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Miscellaneous and supplemental

s. 9 — Indecent or racialist chanting.
s. 9(1)

Section 3 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 (indecent or racialist chanting) is amended as follows.

s. 9(2)

In subsection (1) (which makes it an offence to take part at a designated football match in chanting of an indecent or racialist nature) for “take part at a designated football match in chanting of an indecent or racialist nature” substitute “ engage or take part in chanting of an indecent or racialist nature at a designated football match ”.

s. 9(3)

In subsection (2)(a) (which defines chanting as the repeated uttering of any words or sounds in concert with one or more others) for “in concert with one or more others” substitute “ (whether alone or in concert with one or more others) ”.

s. 10 — Sale of tickets by unauthorised persons.

In section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (which creates an offence in respect of the sale by unauthorised persons of tickets for designated football matches) for subsection (2)(c) (which contains a definition of designated football match which applies only to matches in England and Wales) substitute—

s. 11 — Financial provisions.

There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other Act.

s. 12 — Short title, commencement, interpretation and extent.
s. 12(1)

This Act may be cited as the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999.

s. 12(2)

This Act is to come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.

s. 12(3)

Nothing in this Act is to apply to offences committed, or orders made, before the day on which it comes into force.

s. 12(4)

In this Act—“the 1986 Act” means the Public Order Act 1986,“the 1989 Act” means the Football Spectators Act 1989.

s. 12(5)

This Act extends to England and Wales only.