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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.