{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-offences-act-1991/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-offences-act-1991/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1991/19",
  "legislation_title": "Football (Offences) Act 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-offences-act-1991",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Football (Offences) Act 1991.\n(2) The provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and different days may be appointed for different provisions.\n(3) This Act extends to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6 wholly in force at 10.8.1991 see s. 6(2) and S.I. 1991/1564 art. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 6(2) power exercised by S.I.1991/1564"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/19/section/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:39:15.646949+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}