The Football Banning Orders (Regulated Football Matches) (Scotland) Order 2013

Made: 5th July 2013

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 8th July 2013

Coming into force: 6th July 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 55(4) of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Football Banning Orders (Regulated Football Matches) (Scotland) Order 2013 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Regulated football matches

2

For section 55(3)(a)(ii) of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (descriptions of regulated football matches) substitute—

(ii) represents a club which is for the time being a member of the Scottish Professional Football League;

Signed

R CUNNINGHAM — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 5th July 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order, which comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made, modifies section 55(3) of the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006.

Article 2 amends a description of football matches which are regulated football matches so as to include any match anywhere in the United Kingdom where one or both of the participating teams represents a club which is for the time being a member of the Scottish Professional Football League.

This Order is made in consequence of the amalgamation of the Scottish Premier League and the Scottish Football League.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 asp 10.