{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-spectators-corresponding-offences-in-belgium-order-2000/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-spectators-corresponding-offences-in-belgium-order-2000/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1108",
  "legislation_title": "The Football Spectators (Corresponding Offences in Belgium) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/football-spectators-corresponding-offences-in-belgium-order-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS\nMade 19th April 2000\nLaid before Parliament 3rd May 2000\nComing into force 24th May 2000\nAt the Court at Windsor Castle, the 19th day of April 2000\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas it appears to Her Majesty that the offences under the law of Belgium described in Schedule 1 to this Order correspond to offences specified in Schedule 1 to the Football Spectators Act 1989;\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 22(1) of the Football Spectators Act 1989, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 37; Schedule 1 was amended by section 5(3) of the Football Offences Act 1991 (c. 19) and by section 2(1) and (2) of the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999 (c. 21)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 22 was amended by sections 1(2)(b) and 5 of the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999. The power in section 22(1) is supplemented by section 22(1A) inserted by section 5 of the 1999 Act and by section 22(9) as amended by section 5 of the 1999 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1108/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}