# Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Act 2026, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: E+W

An Act to create an offence of unauthorised entry at football matches for which a football banning order can be imposed following conviction.
[22nd January 2026]
Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/1/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/unauthorised-entry-to-football-matches-act-2026/introduction
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