Football (Disorder) Act 2000

1 Football matches: prevention of violence or disorder. U.K.

(1) Schedule 1 (which amends Part II of, and Schedule 1 to, the M1 Football Spectators Act 1989 to make provision, in particular—

(a) for making banning orders which combine the effect of domestic football banning orders and international football banning orders,

(b) for a magistrates’ court to be able to make a banning order on a complaint (as well as on conviction of an offence), where the court believes that such an order would help to prevent violence or disorder at or in connection with certain association football matches,

(c) for enforcing authorities to require persons subject to banning orders to surrender their passports in connection with certain association football matches played outside the United Kingdom,

(d) for enabling a constable, in certain circumstances, to require a person present before him to appear before a magistrates’ court within 24 hours to answer a complaint for the making of a banning order and, for that purpose, to give certain powers of arrest and detention),

is to have effect.

(2) Schedule 2 (which makes minor and consequential amendments) is to have effect.

(3) The enactments specified in Schedule 3 are repealed to the extent specified.

Marginal Citations

M1 1989 c. 37.