{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unauthorised-entry-to-football-matches-act-2026-commencement-regulations-2026/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/288",
  "legislation_title": "The Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Act 2026 (Commencement) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/unauthorised-entry-to-football-matches-act-2026-commencement-regulations-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations bring the Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Act 2026 (c. 1) (“the Act”) into force on 22 March 2026.\nRegulation 2 brings into force the entirety of the Act, which adds a new section 1A to the Football (Offences) Act 1991 (c. 19), introducing a new offence of unauthorised entry into a designated football match.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/288/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:14.974563+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}