Lecture Recording Notes Football Hooliganism
PART TWO
FOOTBALL BANNING ORDERS UNDER S.14A
Banning Orders: Background
CPS Website
“It is vital that prosecutors apply for a football banning order whenever a person
is convicted of a relevant football related offence unless there are exceptional
reasons for not doing so. For most risk supporters it is the thought of receiving a
football banning order that they fear most and, as such its deterrent effect
cannot be underestimated.”
Banning Orders: Effect
- Must report to a police station within 5 days with name, address, passport
details and photograph.
- Banned from all ‘regulated’ football matches in the UK for a minimum of 3 years
(and potentially 10 years) – no exceptions.
- May be required to surrender passport if the police believe there is a risk of
travelling abroad to watch any ‘regulated’ football match.
S.14A Orders Following Conviction
Banning Orders on Conviction
S.14 Football Spectators Act 1989
1) This section applies where a person is convicted of a relevant offence.
2) If the court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a
banning order would help to prevent violence or disorder at or in connection
with any regulated football matches, it must make such an order in respect of
the offender.
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, Lecture Recording Notes Football Hooliganism
A ‘relevant offence’
Offences in the…
1. Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 19851
S.1 Offences in connection with alcohol on coaches and trains
1) This section applies to a vehicle which –
a) Is a public service vehicle or railway passenger vehicle, and
b) Is being used for the principal purpose of carrying passengers for the
whole or part of a journey to or from a designated sporting event.
2) A person who knowingly causes or permits alcohol to be carried on a vehicle to
which this section applies is guilty of an offence –
a) If the vehicle is a public service vehicle and he is the operator of the
vehicle or the servant or agent of the operator, or
b) If the vehicle is a hired vehicle and he is the person to whom it is hired or
the servant of agent of the person.
3) A person who has alcohol in his possession while on a vehicle to which this
section applies is guilty of an offence
4) A person who is drunk on a vehicle to which this section applies is guilty of an
offence.
5) In this section “public service vehicle” and “operator” have the same meaning
as in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.
S.1A Alcohol on certain other vehicles
1) This section applies to a motor vehicle which –
a) Is not a public service vehicle but is adapted to carry more than 8
passengers, and
b) Is being used for the principal purpose of carrying two or more passenger
for the whole or part of a journey to or from a designated sporting event.
2) A person who knowingly causes or permits alcohol to be carried on a motor
vehicle to which this section applies is guilty of an offence –
a) If he is its driver, or
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https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/57/contents
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PART TWO
FOOTBALL BANNING ORDERS UNDER S.14A
Banning Orders: Background
CPS Website
“It is vital that prosecutors apply for a football banning order whenever a person
is convicted of a relevant football related offence unless there are exceptional
reasons for not doing so. For most risk supporters it is the thought of receiving a
football banning order that they fear most and, as such its deterrent effect
cannot be underestimated.”
Banning Orders: Effect
- Must report to a police station within 5 days with name, address, passport
details and photograph.
- Banned from all ‘regulated’ football matches in the UK for a minimum of 3 years
(and potentially 10 years) – no exceptions.
- May be required to surrender passport if the police believe there is a risk of
travelling abroad to watch any ‘regulated’ football match.
S.14A Orders Following Conviction
Banning Orders on Conviction
S.14 Football Spectators Act 1989
1) This section applies where a person is convicted of a relevant offence.
2) If the court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a
banning order would help to prevent violence or disorder at or in connection
with any regulated football matches, it must make such an order in respect of
the offender.
1
, Lecture Recording Notes Football Hooliganism
A ‘relevant offence’
Offences in the…
1. Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 19851
S.1 Offences in connection with alcohol on coaches and trains
1) This section applies to a vehicle which –
a) Is a public service vehicle or railway passenger vehicle, and
b) Is being used for the principal purpose of carrying passengers for the
whole or part of a journey to or from a designated sporting event.
2) A person who knowingly causes or permits alcohol to be carried on a vehicle to
which this section applies is guilty of an offence –
a) If the vehicle is a public service vehicle and he is the operator of the
vehicle or the servant or agent of the operator, or
b) If the vehicle is a hired vehicle and he is the person to whom it is hired or
the servant of agent of the person.
3) A person who has alcohol in his possession while on a vehicle to which this
section applies is guilty of an offence
4) A person who is drunk on a vehicle to which this section applies is guilty of an
offence.
5) In this section “public service vehicle” and “operator” have the same meaning
as in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981.
S.1A Alcohol on certain other vehicles
1) This section applies to a motor vehicle which –
a) Is not a public service vehicle but is adapted to carry more than 8
passengers, and
b) Is being used for the principal purpose of carrying two or more passenger
for the whole or part of a journey to or from a designated sporting event.
2) A person who knowingly causes or permits alcohol to be carried on a motor
vehicle to which this section applies is guilty of an offence –
a) If he is its driver, or
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https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/57/contents
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