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Violent Crime Reduction Bill

moved Amendment No. 163:"Page 47, line 8, after ““section”” insert—" ““(a)   in paragraph (a)— (i)   after ““sell”” insert ““or otherwise dispose of””; (ii)   omit ““by the home club or””; (b)   ”” The noble Lord said: Subsections (1) to (3) of Clause 45 and Schedule 2 of the Bill refine and improve the football banning order legislation that was introduced in the wake of the disorder in Belgium during Euro 2000. I hope that noble Lords will have seen the Football (Disorder) Act 2000 report to Parliament, copies of which were placed in the Library in January this year. That report sets out how the measures have worked since being introduced and emphasise that they have become the cornerstone of what is proving to be a highly effective football disorder strategy. Clause 45(1) removes the existing time limitation on two key banning order measures. The first of these is football banning orders on complaint. They empower the police to ask the court to impose football banning orders on the basis of evidence of violence and disorder gathered at home and overseas in circumstances when no criminal conviction is possible. The second are the summary police powers, activated during the control period for a regulated football match played outside of England and Wales. Section 21 empowers the police to intercept—