{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-spectators-2026-fifa-world-cup-control-period-order-2026/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-spectators-2026-fifa-world-cup-control-period-order-2026/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/60",
  "legislation_title": "The Football Spectators (2026 FIFA World Cup Control Period) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-spectators-2026-fifa-world-cup-control-period-order-2026",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Football Spectators (2026 FIFA World Cup Control Period) Order 2026 and comes into force on 21st February 2026.\n(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.\n(3) In this Order—\n“the 1989 Act” means the Football Spectators Act 1989;\n“The Tournament” means the external tournament known as the 2026 FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) World Cup in the United States of America, Mexico and Canada.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“External Tournament” is defined in section 14(3) of the Football Spectators Act 1989. Section 14(3) was substituted by section 103(1) of the Policing and Crime Act 2009."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Fédération Internationale de Football Association is an organisation entered in the register of companies under the Swiss civil code with registered number CHE-107.301.064, and address FIFA-Strasse 20, 8044 Zürich, Switzerland."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/60/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:07:04.189568+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."
}