{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-spectators-act-1989/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-spectators-act-1989/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/37",
  "legislation_title": "Football Spectators Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-spectators-act-1989",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, consequential repeal and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Football Spectators Act 1989.\n(2) The provisions of this Act (other than this section) shall not come into operation until such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument.\n(3) Different days may be appointed under subsection (2) above for different provisions of this Act.\n(4) A statutory instrument appointing a commencement date for ... section 13 above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(4A) Any power of Her Majesty to make an Order in Council under this Act, and any power of the Secretary of State to make regulations or an order under this Act, may be exercised so as to make different provision for different purposes\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) This Act ... extends to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(4) repealed (6.4.2007) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), s. 66(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 2007/858, art. 2(n)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 27(4A) inserted (28.8.2000) by 2000 c. 25, s. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 19(a); S.I. 2000/2125, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 27(5) repealed (6.4.2007) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), s. 66(2), Sch. 5; S.I. 2007/858, art. 2(n)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 27(6) repealed (1.11.2011) by Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 2011 (c. 6), s. 8(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(2)(b), Sch. 3; S.I. 2011/2597, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "Power of appointment conferred by s. 27(2) partly exercised: S.I. 1990/690, 926"
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P2",
      "text": "S. 27(2)(3) power exercised by S.I. 1991/1071S. 27(2)(3): s. 27(2)(3) power exercised (1.8.1993) by S.I. 1993/1690"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/37/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:45:53.047524+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."
}