Definition - Control Period
Section 14(5)
Football Spectators Act 1989 (FSA) - in relation to regulated
football matches outside England and Wales, the control period
(during which a person subject to a banning order is required to
report to a police station) means the period;
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beginning five days before the day of the match, and
- ending
when the match is finished or cancelled.
Section
14(6), FSA - in relation to an external tournament, means any
period described in an order made by the Secretary of State;
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beginning five* days before the day of the first football
match outside England and Wales which is included in the
tournament, and
- ending
when the last football match outside England and Wales which
is included in the tournament is finished or cancelled,
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but, for the purposes of paragraph (a), any
football match included in the qualifying or pre-qualifying
stages of the tournament is to be left out of account.
*NB the
control period in relation to the World Cup 2006 has been
extended to 10 days by virtue of Football Spectators (2006 World
Cup Control Period)
Order 2006 (S.I. 2006 No. 988) |
