Part 2Public order etc.
Chapter 1Football banning orders
Miscellaneous and general
68Offences under this Chapter
(1)
A person who fails to comply with any requirement imposed on the person—
(a)
by a football banning order;
(b)
under section 61(1); or
(c)
by a notice under section 61(4),
commits an offence.
(2)
It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) to prove that the person had a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with the requirement.
(3)
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1)(a) or (c) is liable on summary conviction to—
(a)
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months;
(b)
a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; or
(c)
both such imprisonment and such a fine.
(4)
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1)(b) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
(5)
A person who, in connection with an application under section 64 to be exempted from a notice under section 61(4)—
(a)
knowingly or recklessly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular; or
(b)
knowingly or recklessly produces, furnishes, signs or otherwise makes use of a document which is false or misleading in a material particular,
commits an offence.
(6)
A person who commits an offence under subsection (5) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.