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The Football Spectators Act 1989 introduced football banning orders to prevent known hooligans from attending matches in England and abroad. Following disorder at Heysel and Hillsborough, it created a licensing scheme for grounds and established the Football Licensing Authority (now Sports Grounds Safety Authority).
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- Creates football banning orders preventing attendance at matches (Part II)
- Courts may make orders on conviction for football-related offences
- Police may detain passports during control periods for international matches
- Orders can require reporting to police station during matches
- Failure to comply with banning order is a criminal offence
- Establishes Football Licensing Authority for ground safety (Part I)
- Football banning orders on conviction for football-related offences (s.14A)
- Banning orders on complaint (civil standard of proof) (s.14B)
- Requirement to surrender passport during control periods (s.14E)
- Duration: 3–5 years (no custodial sentence) or 6–10 years (with) (s.14F)
- Sports Grounds Safety Authority role in ground safety (Part I)
- Offence to breach a banning order (s.14J)
- Football banning orders (domestic and international)
- Restrictions on travel for designated football matches
- Requirement to surrender passport during control periods
- Linked to broader anti-hooliganism legislation
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2000 — Football (Disorder) Act 2000
Extended banning orders to cover international matches, introduced civil banning orders on complaint, and strengthened passport surrender requirements.
2000 — Football (Disorder) Act 2000
Strengthened banning order regime and introduced banning orders on complaint.
2000 — Football (Disorder) Act 2000
Strengthened banning order provisions for international matches.