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(1)Any person who is subject to [F1the domestic football banning order] under section 30 of the M1Public Order Act 1986 (exclusion from prescribed football matches) [F2or a banning order under Part II of this Act]whenever made is disqualified from becoming or continuing to be a member of the national football membership scheme and while he is so subject he shall not be admitted as a member of the scheme or, if he is a member, his membership shall be withdrawn.
(2)Any person convicted of a relevant offence is disqualified from becoming or continuing to be a member of the national football membership scheme, and the following provisions of this section have effect in relation to such a person.
(3)The period during which a person’s disqualification under subsection (2) above continues shall be—
(a)in a case where he was sentenced to a period of imprisonment taking immediate effect, five years, and
(b)in any other case, two years,
beginning with the date of the conviction.
(4)During the period for which a person is disqualified he shall not be admitted as a member of the scheme or, if he is a member, his membership shall cease on the date of the conviction.
(5)The offences relevant for the purposes of subsection (2) above are those [F3to which Schedule 1 to this Act applies].
F4(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7)Where a court convicts a person of a relevant offence, then—
(a)the court—
(i)shall, except in the case of an offence under section 2(1) or 5(7) above, certify that the offence is a relevant offence, and
(ii)shall explain to him in ordinary language the effect of the conviction on his membership of the national football membership scheme; and
(b)the [F5designated officer for] the court (in the case of a magistrates’ court) or the appropriate officer (in the case of the Crown Court)—
(i)shall (as soon as reasonably practicable) send to the Football Membership Authority and to the chief officer of police for the police area in which the offence was committed notice of the conviction and sentence and of the giving of any certificate that the offence is a relevant offence, and
(ii)shall give a copy of the notices to the person who was convicted of the offence.
(8)Where, on an appeal against a person’s conviction of the relevant offence or against a sentence of imprisonment imposed on him in dealing with him for the offence, his conviction is quashed or the sentence is reduced to one which is not a sentence of imprisonment taking immediate effect, the court which determines the appeal or, as the case may be, the court to which the case is remitted, shall cause notice of the quashing of the conviction or of the sentence imposed to be sent to the persons specified in subsection (7)(b)(i) and (ii) above and, where his conviction is quashed, the Authority shall re-admit him to membership of the scheme, but without prejudice to any proceedings under the scheme to exclude him from membership.
F6(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(10)In this section and Schedule 1 to this Act—
F7[(a)“declaration of relevance” means a declaration by the court that the offence related to football matches]
(b)“imprisonment” includes any form of detention (or, in the case of a person under twenty-one years of age sentenced to custody for life, custody); and
F8(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 7(1) substituted (27.9.1999) by 1999 c. 21, ss. 6(2)(c), 12(2) (with s. 12(3))
F2Words in s. 7(1) inserted (28.8.2000) by 2000 c. 25, s. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 13(a); S.I. 2000/2125, art. 2
F3Words in s. 7(5) substituted (28.8.2000) by 2000 c. 25, s. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 13(b); S.I. 2000/2125, art. 2
F4S. 7(6) repealed (28.8.2000) by 2000 c. 25, s. 1(2)(3), Sch. 2 para. 13(c), Sch. 3; S.I. 2000/2125, art. 2
F5Words in s. 7(7)(b) substituted (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 331(2); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F6S. 7(9) repealed (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 32 para. 56, Sch. 37 Pt. 7; S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 paras. 42(23), 44(4)(i) (with Sch. 2) (as explained (29.7.2005) by S.I. 2005/2122, art. 2; and as amended: (14.7.2008) by 2008 c. 4, Sch. 26 para. 78, Sch. 28 Pt. 2; S.I. 2008/1586, Sch. 1 paras. 48(s), 50(2)(d); (30.11.2009) by S.I. 2009/3111, art. 2; (3.12.2012) by S.I. 2012/2905, art. 4; (3.12.2012) by 2012 c. 10, Sch. 14 para. 17; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(l))
F7S. 7(10)(a) substituted (28.8.2000) by 2000 c. 25, s. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 13(d); S.I. 2000/2125, art. 2
F8S. 7(10)(c) and word repealed (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 331(3), Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
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