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The Football (Offences) (Designation of Football Matches) Order 1999

S.I. 1999/2462 · Made 6 September 1999

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SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS

Made 6th September 1999

Laid before Parliament 6th September 1999

Coming into force 27th September 1999

In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by section 1(1) of the Football (Offences) Act 1991f1, I hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1991 c. 19.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule DESIGNATED FOOTBALL MATCHES
  6. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Football (Offences) (Designation of Football Matches) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 27th September 1999.

2

The Football (Offences) (Designation of Football Matches) Order 1991f1 and article 2(2)(d) of the Sports Grounds and Football (Amendment of Various Orders) Order 1992f2 are hereby revoked.

3

The association football matches specified in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated for the purposes of the Football (Offences) Act 1991.

Signature

Lord Steve Bassam

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

6th September 1999

DESIGNATED FOOTBALL MATCHES

An association football match—

(a)

in which one or both of the participating teams represents a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League or the Football Association Premier League, or represents a club, country or territory outside England and Wales, and

(b)

which is played at a sports ground which is designated by order under section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975f1, or registered with the Football League or the Football Association Premier League as the home ground of a club which is a member of the Football League or the Football Association Premier League at the time the match is played.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates association football matches for the purposes of the Football (Offences) Act 1991 which introduced penalties for certain types of misconduct at designated football matches.