Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 340
Sports Grounds And Sporting Events, England And Wales
The Football Spectators (2012 European Championship Control Period) Order 2012
Made
9th February 2012
Laid before Parliament
14th February 2012
Coming into force
8th March 2012
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14(6) and 22A(2) of the Football Spectators Act 1989( 1 ).
The Secretary of State considers that the provision made by article 2 of this Order is expedient in order to secure the effective enforcement of Part 2 of that Act.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Football Spectators (2012 European Championship Control Period) Order 2012 and shall come into force on 8th March 2012.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Football Spectators Act 1989;
“the Tournament” means the external tournament known as the UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) 2012 European Championship in Poland and Ukraine.
Control period
2. Section 14(6) of the Act shall have effect in relation to the Tournament as if, for the reference to five days, there were substituted a reference to ten days.
3. —(1) In relation to the Tournament, the period described in paragraph (2) below is a control period for the purposes of Part 2 of the Act.
(2) The period referred to in paragraph (1) is the period beginning on 29th May 2012, being ten days before the day of the first football match which is included in the Tournament, and ending when the last match included in the Tournament (which, subject to postponement, is due to be on 1st July 2012) is finished or cancelled.
Lord Henley
Minister of State
Home Office
9th February 2012
1989 c. 37 . Section 14 was substituted, together with sections 14A-14J, by section 1(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Football (Disorder) Act 2000 (c. 25) . Section 22A was inserted by section 1(2) of, and paragraphs 9 and 18 of Schedule 2 to, the Football (Disorder) Act 2000, and was amended by section 65 of, and Schedule 5 to, the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38) , by section 39(2) of the Identity Cards Act 2006 (c. 15) and by section 12 of and paragraphs 3 and 5 of the Schedule to, the Identity Documents Act 2010 (c. 40) .