The Football Spectators (Designation of Football Matches in England and Wales) Order 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/731
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Football Spectators (Designation of Football Matches in England and Wales) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 24th April 1990.

Section 2

(1) Football matches of the description specified in paragraph (2) below are hereby designated for the purposes of Part I of the Football Spectators Act 1989.

(2) The football matches to which paragraph (1) above applies are any association football match (played in England or Wales) being a match which—

(a) either forms part of a competition organised by or on behalf of the Union des Associations Europeennes de Football (U.E.F.A.) or involves a team which represents—

(i) a club which is, at the time the match is played, a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League, or

(ii) a country or territory, or

(iii) a club in a country or territory outside England and Wales, and

(b) is played at a sports ground which is, at the time the match is played, either designated by order under section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 or occupied by a club to which the description in sub-paragraph (a)(i) above applies.