# Football (Offences) Act 1991, Section 1A: Unauthorised entry


(1) A person (“P”) commits an offence if—
(a) P enters, or attempts to enter, premises for the purpose of attending a designated football match, and
(b) at the time of entry or attempted entry, P does not have a match ticket for the match that P is eligible to use.
(2) It is a defence to prove that P had lawful authority or lawful excuse for entering, or attempting to enter, the premises.
(3) It is a defence to prove that—
(a) P entered, or attempted to enter, the premises through an entry point normally used by spectators,
(b) at the time of entry or attempted entry, P had something that they reasonably believed was a match ticket for the match, and
(c) the thing that P had—
(i) was not a match ticket for the match, or
(ii) was a match ticket for the match but P was not eligible to use it.
(4) In this section—
“match ticket” means a ticket or other thing (whether in physical or electronic form) which authorises a person to enter premises for the purpose of attending a designated football match;
“premises” includes any place.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/19/section/1A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/football-offences-act-1991/section-1A
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