Football Spectators Act 1989

16Effect of order

(1)Subject to subsection (3) below and section 17 below, the period for which a restriction order has effect in relation to a person convicted of a relevant offence is—

(a)in a case where he was sentenced in respect of that offence to a period of imprisonment taking immediate effect, five years, and

(b)in any other case, two years,

beginning with the date of the making of the order.

(2)The duty to report imposed by a restriction order on the person subject to the order is a duty—

(a)to report initially to the police station specified in the order within the period of five days beginning with the date of the making of the order, and

(b)subject to any exemption, to report on the occasion of designated football matches when required to do so under section 19(3)(b) below to any police station in England or Wales at the time or between the times specified in the notice by which the requirement is imposed.

(3)The duty to report shall, in the case of a person sentenced to or serving a term of imprisonment, be suspended until his discharge from prison and the order shall have effect, if he is discharged more than five days before the expiry of the period for which the order has effect and he was precluded by his being in prison from reporting initially, as if it required him to report initially to any police station within the period of five days beginning with the date of his discharge.

(4)A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with the duty to report imposed by a restriction order commits an offence.

(5)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) above shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to both.