PART 4SPORT
CHAPTER 4BANNING ORDERS IN RELATION TO REGULATED MATCHES
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(1)
In this Chapter “banning order” means an order made by a court which prohibits the person who is subject to the order (“P”) from entering any premises for the purpose of attending regulated matches.
(2)
On making a banning order, a court must in ordinary language explain its effect to P.
(3)
A banning order must require P to report at a police station specified in the order within the period of 5 days beginning with the day on which the order is made.
(4)
A banning order must require P to give notification of the events mentioned in subsection (5) to the Chief Constable.
(5)
The events are—
(a)
a change of any of P's names;
(b)
the first use by P after the making of the order of a name for P that was not disclosed by P at the time of the making of the order;
(c)
a change of P's home address;
(d)
P's acquisition of a temporary address;
(e)
a change of P's temporary address or P's ceasing to have one;
(f)
an appeal made by P in relation to the order;
(g)
an application made by P under section 47(1) for termination of the order.
(6)
A notification required by a banning order by virtue of subsection (4) must be given before the end of the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the event in question occurs and—
(a)
in the case of a change of a name or address or the acquisition of a temporary address, must specify the new name or address; and
(b)
in the case of a first use of a previously undisclosed name, must specify that name.
(7)
Where P is detained in legal custody the requirement under subsection (3) to report at a police station is suspended until P's release from custody.
(8)
If—
(a)
P is released from custody more than 5 days before the expiry of the period for which the order has effect, and
(b)
P was precluded by being in custody from reporting under subsection (3),
the order is to have effect as if it required P to report at the police station specified in the order within the period of 5 days beginning with the date of P's release.
(9)
In this section—
“home address”, in relation to P, means the address of P's sole or main residence;
“temporary address”, in relation to P, means the address (other than P's home address) of a place at which P intends to reside, or has resided, for a period of at least 4 weeks.