Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates the organisation referred to in article 3 as the enforcing authority for the purposes of Part II of the Football Spectators Act 1989. That authority has the functions set out in sections 19 and 20 of that Act. Amongst other changes, the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act 1999 (c. 21) amended the 1989 Act by changing the name of restriction orders to international football banning orders.