{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-offences-designation-of-football-matches-amendment-order-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1187",
  "legislation_title": "The Football (Offences) (Designation of Football Matches) (Amendment) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-offences-designation-of-football-matches-amendment-order-2011",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order, which comes into force on 26th May 2011, amends the Football (Offences) (Designation of Football Matches) Order 2004 (“the 2004 Order”) which designates football matches for the purposes of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act”). The 1991 Act” introduced penalties for certain types of misconduct at designated football matches.\nThis Order means that matches played in the Scottish Premier League and matches involving one or both teams whose home grounds are not in England and Wales will be within the scope of the 1991 Act”.\nThe Order also updates the reference in the 2004 Order to the Welsh Premier League.\nFinally this Order also brings matches for the Football Association Cup (unless those matches are in a preliminary or qualifying round) within the scope of the 1991 Act”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1187/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:08:03.729438+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."
}