Page:Public Order Act 1986.pdf/22

20c. 64


 * “written material” includes any sign or other visible representation.

30.—(1) A court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence to which section 31 applies may make an order (an exclusion order) prohibiting him from entering any premises for the purpose of attending any prescribed football match there.

(2) No exclusion order may be made unless the court is satisfied that making such an order in relation to the accused would help to prevent violence or disorder at or in connection with prescribed football matches.

(3) An exclusion order may only be made—
 * (a) in addition to a sentence imposed in respect of the offence of which the accused is convicted, or
 * (b) in addition to a probation order or an order discharging him absolutely or conditionally.

(4) An exclusion order may be made as mentioned in subsection (3)(b) notwithstanding anything in sections 2, 7 and 13 of the Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (which relate to orders there mentioned and their effect).

31.—(1) This section applies to any offence which fulfils one or more of the following three conditions.

(2) The first condition is that the offence was committed during any period relevant to a prescribed football match (as determined under subsections (6) to (8)), while the accused was at, or was entering or leaving or trying to enter or leave, the football ground concerned.

(3) The second condition is that the offence—
 * (a) involved the use or threat of violence by the accused towards another person and was committed while one or each of them was on a journey to or from an association football match,
 * (b) involved the use or threat of violence towards property and was committed while the accused was on such a journey, or
 * (c) was committed under section 5 or Part III while the accused was on such a journey.