Explanatory note

Article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, this Order specify offences under the law of France which appear to Her Majesty to correspond to certain of the offences specified in Schedule 1 to the Football Spectators Act 1989. Under section 22 of that Act proceedings may be commenced before magistrates against a person who resides or is believed to reside in an area in England or Wales if that person has been convicted of such an offence. Under such proceedings a restriction order may be made against such a person. Under section 19 of that Act the person to whom such an order applies may be required to report to a police station in England or Wales on the occasion of a football match played in any country outside England and Wales of a description for the time being designated by order under section 14(2) of that Act.