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The Football Spectators (Prescription) Order 2004
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- 2004 No. 2409
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This Order prescribes the football matches that are regulated football matches for the purposes of the Football Spectators Act 1989 (the “1989 Act”).
Matches prescribed by the Football Spectators (Prescription) Order 2000, which this Order revokes, did not include matches involving Football Conference members which were not played on grounds designated under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975, nor matches involving teams from the League of Wales.
Article 3(2) prescribes the football matches in England and Wales which are regulated football matches for the purposes of Part II of the 1989 Act. These are association football matches in which one or both participating teams represent a club which is a member of the Football League, Football Association Premier League, Football Conference or League of Wales, or represents a country or territory.
Article 4(2) prescribes the football matches outside England and Wales which are regulated football matches for the purposes of Part II of the 1989 Act. These are association football matches involving a national team, or a team representing a club which is a member of the Football League, Football Association Premier League, Football Conference or League of Wales.
The effect of a banning order is to prohibit attendance at the matches described in Article 3(2) and to report to a police station when required to do so on the occasion of matches described in Article 4(2). The description of matches set out in Articles 3(2) and 4(2) will also be relevant for the purposes of the offences set out in Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act.
Article 5 prescribes the Football Banning Orders Authority as the enforcing authority for the purposes of Part II of the 1989 Act. That authority has the functions set out in sections 19 to 21 of the Act.
Article 6 prescribes the Chief Executive of the Football Association Limited as a person to whom a banning order and an order terminating a banning order must be copied.
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