# The Football Spectators (Corresponding Offences in France) Order 1998, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1266/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/football-spectators-corresponding-offences-in-france-order-1998/note
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