Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999

8 Effect of orders etc

(1) In section 32 of the 1986 Act (effect of order) for subsection (2) (which sets out the period for which an order may have effect) substitute—

“(2) The period shall not be less than one year nor more than three years.”

(2) In subsection (3) of that section (person entering premises in breach of order guilty of offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for term not exceeding 1 month or a fine not exceeding level 3 on standard scale or both)—

(a) for “1 month” substitute “six months”, and

(b) for “level 3” substitute “level 5”.

(3) In section 24(2) of the [1984 c. 60.] Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (arrestable offences) after paragraph (q) insert—

“(r) an offence under section 32(3) of the Public Order Act 1986 (entering premises in breach of domestic football banning order).”

(4) In consequence of subsection (3), section 32(4) of the 1986 Act (power of arrest without warrant) is repealed.

(5) In section 34(2) of the 1986 Act (action following termination of order under section 28) for “section 28” substitute “section 33”.