Statutory Instruments
2007 No. 1411
Sports grounds and sporting events, england and wales
The Football Spectators (2007 European Under-21 Championship Control Period) Order 2007
Made
8th May 2007
Laid before Parliament
11th May 2007
Coming into force
5th June 2007
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(6) of the Football Spectators Act 1989(1);
1. This Order may be cited as the Football Spectators (2007 European Under-21 Championship Control Period) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 5th June 2007.
2.—(1) In relation to the external tournament known as the 2007 UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) European Under-21 Championship in the Netherlands, the period described in paragraph (2) below is a control period for the purposes of Part II of the Football Spectators Act 1989.
(2) The period referred to in paragraph (1) is the period beginning on 5th June 2007, being 5 days before the day of the first match which is included in the tournament, and ending when the last match included in the tournament is finished (which subject to postponement, is due to be on 23rd June 2007) or cancelled.
Vernon Coaker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
8th May 2007
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order describes the control period under the Football Spectators Act 1989 for the 2007 UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) European Under-21 Championship tournament in the Netherlands. The control period begins on 5th June 2007, being 5 days before the day of the first match in the tournament, and ends when the last match in the tournament is finished or cancelled. The last match is due to be played on 23rd June 2007.
During a control period the powers contained in section 19 (requirements for those subject to banning orders to report to police station and surrender passport) and sections 21A and 21B (summary powers to detain and refer to a court with a view to the making of a banning order) of the 1989 Act are exercisable.
1989 c.37. Section 14 was substituted, together with sections 14A to 14J, for the existing sections 14 to 17 by paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Football (Disorder) Act 2000 (c.25).