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5.—(1) A person has a prescribed connection with a football organisation for the purposes of Schedule 1 to the 1989 Act (offences which are relevant offences for the purposes of Part 1 of the 1989 Act) where the person—
(a)has a connection prescribed by paragraph (2)(a), (b), (c) or (d),
(b)had, at any time in the 6 months before the date of the offence, a connection prescribed by paragraph (2)(a), (b) or (c), or
(c)had, at any time in the 14 days before the date of the offence, a connection prescribed by paragraph 2(d).
(2) The following connections are prescribed—
(a)being a player, manager, coach, physiotherapist or other member of the matchday pitchside staff of a relevant team;
(b)being a referee, assistant referee, video assistant referee, assistant video referee, reserve official, fourth official, or other match official, who officiates a regulated football match involving a relevant team;
(c)being an officer of a club which is a regulated football organisation;
(d)being a journalist or other broadcast staff covering a regulated football match involving a relevant team or otherwise reporting or commentating on a relevant team or player of such team.
(3) In this article—
“manager” means the official responsible for selecting a relevant team;
“officer” means—
in relation to a club which is a body corporate, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the club, or a person purporting to act in any such capacity, or
in relation to a club which is an unincorporated association other than a partnership, a person who is concerned in the management or control of the club or purports to act in the capacity of a person so concerned.
“player” means any person who plays or is eligible to play for, or is subject to any suspension from playing for, a relevant team;
“relevant team” means—
a team representing a club which is a regulated football organisation, or
a national team which is a regulated football organisation.
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