PART 4SPORT
CHAPTER 4BANNING ORDERS IN RELATION TO REGULATED MATCHES
48Information about banning orders
(1)
Where a court makes a banning order the appropriate officer of the court—
(a)
shall give a copy of it to the person to whom it relates (“P”);
(b)
shall (as soon as reasonably practicable) send a copy of it to the Chief Constable and to any prescribed person;
(c)
shall (as soon as reasonably practicable) send a copy of it to the police station (addressed to the officer responsible for the police station) at which P is to report under section 42(3); and
(d)
in a case where P is detained in legal custody, shall (as soon as reasonably practicable) send a copy of it to the person in whose custody P is detained.
(2)
Where a court terminates a banning order under section 47, the appropriate officer of the court—
(a)
shall give a copy of the terminating order to P;
(b)
shall (as soon as reasonably practicable) send a copy of it to the Chief Constable and to any prescribed person; and
(c)
in a case where P is detained in legal custody, shall (as soon as reasonably practicable) send a copy of the terminating order to the person in whose custody P is detained.
(3)
Where P is released from custody and, in a case where P has not reported under section 42(3) to a police station, is released more than 5 days before the expiry of the banning order, the person in whose custody P is shall (as soon as reasonably practicable) give notice of P’s release to the Chief Constable.
(4)
In this section—
“the appropriate officer”—
(a)
in relation to a magistrates’ court, means the clerk of petty sessions;
(b)
in relation to the Crown Court, means the chief clerk;
“prescribed” means prescribed by order made by the Department.