Football Spectators Act 1989
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14B Banning orders made on a complaint.
(1) An application for a banning order in respect of any person may be made by— (a) the relevant chief officer, or (b) the Director of Public Prosecutions, if it appears to him that the condition in subsection (2) is met. (1A) In subsection (1) “the relevant chief officer” means— (a) the chief officer of police of any police force maintained for a police area; or (b) the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force. (2) That condition is that the respondent has at any time caused or contributed to any violence or disorder in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. (3) The application is to be made by complaint to a magistrates’ court. (4) If— (a) it is proved on the application that the condition in subsection (2) above is met, and (b) the court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that making a banning order would help to prevent violence or disorder at or in connection with any regulated football matches, the court must make a banning order in respect of the respondent. (5) If the magistrates' court adjourns proceedings on an application under this section, the court may remand the person in respect of whom the application is made. (6) A person who, by virtue of subsection (5) above, is remanded on bail under section 128 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 may be required by the conditions of his bail— (a) not to leave England and Wales before his appearance before the court, and (b) if the control period relates to a regulated football match outside the United Kingdom or to an external tournament which includes such matches, to surrender his passport to a police constable, if he has not already done so.
14B Banning orders made on a complaint.
(1) An application for a banning order in respect of any person may be made by— (a) the relevant chief officer, or (b) the Director of Public Prosecutions, if it appears to him that the condition in subsection (2) is met. (1A) In subsection (1) “the relevant chief officer” means— (a) the chief officer of police of any police force maintained for a police area; or (b) the chief constable of the British Transport Police Force. (2) That condition is that the respondent has at any time caused or contributed to any violence or disorder in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. (3) The application is to be made by complaint to a magistrates’ court. (4) If— (a) it is proved on the application that the condition in subsection (2) above is met, and (b) the court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to believe that making a banning order would help to prevent violence or disorder at or in connection with any regulated football matches, the court must make a banning order in respect of the respondent. (5) If the magistrates' court adjourns proceedings on an application under this section, the court may remand the person in respect of whom the application is made. (6) A person who, by virtue of subsection (5) above, is remanded on bail under section 128 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 may be required by the conditions of his bail— (a) not to leave England and Wales before his appearance before the court, and (b) if the control period relates to a regulated football match outside the United Kingdom or to an external tournament which includes such matches, to surrender his passport to a police constable, if he has not already done so.
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