Article 2 Designation of football matches

(1)

Any football match to which paragraph (2) or (3) applies is designated for the purposes of section 166 of the 1994 Act^f1.

(2)

This paragraph applies to an association football match played in England and Wales in which one or both of the participating teams represents—

(a)

a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League, the Football Association Premier League, the Football Conference or the League of Wales;

(b)

a club whose home ground is for the time being situated outside England and Wales; or

(c)

a country or territory.

(3)

This paragraph applies to an association football match played outside England and Wales involving —

(a)

a national team appointed by the Football Association to represent England or appointed by the Football Association of Wales to represent Wales;

(b)

a team representing a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League, the Football Association Premier League, the Football Conference or the League of Wales;

(c)

a team representing any country or territory whose football association is for the time being a member of FIFA, where—

(i)

the match is part of a competition or tournament organised by , or under the authority of, FIFA or UEFA, and

(ii)

the competition or tournament is one in which a team referred to in sub-paragraph (a) is eligible to participate or has participated; or

(d)

a team representing a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of, or affiliated to, a national football association which is a member of FIFA, where—

(i)

the match is part of a competition or tournament organised by, or under the authority of, FIFA or UEFA, and

(ii)

the competition or tournament is one in which a club referred to in sub-paragraph (b) is eligible to participate or has participated.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 166(1) was substituted by section 53(1) and (2) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006. Section 166(2) was amended by sections 53(1), 53(3)(a)(i), 53(3)(a)(ii), 53(3)(b), 65 of and Schedule 5 to the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006. Section 166 (2A) and (2B) were inserted by section 53(1) and (4) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006. Section 166(4) was repealed by section 174(2) and part 2 of Schedule 17 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15). Section 166(7) was amended by sections 53(1), 53(5), 65 and Schedule 5 to the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.