# Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011, Section 42: Banning orders: content


(1) In this Chapter “banning order” means an order made by a court which prohibits the person who is subject to the order (“P”) from entering any premises for the purpose of attending regulated matches.
(2) On making a banning order, a court must in ordinary language explain its effect to P.
(3) A banning order must require P to report at a police station specified in the order within the period of 5 days beginning with the day on which the order is made.
(4) A banning order must require P to give notification of the events mentioned in subsection (5) to the Chief Constable.
(5) The events are—
(a) a change of any of P's names;
(b) the first use by P after the making of the order of a name for P that was not disclosed by P at the time of the making of the order;
(c) a change of P's home address;
(d) P's acquisition of a temporary address;
(e) a change of P's temporary address or P's ceasing to have one;
(f) an appeal made by P in relation to the order;
(g) an application made by P under section 47(1) for termination of the order.
(6) A notification required by a banning order by virtue of subsection (4) must be given before the end of the period of 7 days beginning with the day on which the event in question occurs and—
(a) in the case of a change of a name or address or the acquisition of a temporary address, must specify the new name or address; and
(b) in the case of a first use of a previously undisclosed name, must specify that name.
(7) Where P is detained in legal custody the requirement under subsection (3) to report at a police station is suspended until P's release from custody.
(8) If—
(a) P is released from custody more than 5 days before the expiry of the period for which the order has effect, and
(b) P was precluded by being in custody from reporting under subsection (3),
the order is to have effect as if it required P to report at the police station specified in the order within the period of 5 days beginning with the date of P's release.
(9) In this section—
“home address”, in relation to P, means the address of P's sole or main residence;
“temporary address”, in relation to P, means the address (other than P's home address) of a place at which P intends to reside, or has resided, for a period of at least 4 weeks.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/24/section/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-42
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