Scottish Labour will lodge proposals to repeal the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act later on Tuesday.

James Kelly MSP will formally propose his private members bill to replace the current legislation.

The present law prohibits behaviour which could incite public disorder, discriminates against racial groups as well as "other behaviour that a reasonable person would be likely to consider offensive".

In a public consultation on Kelly's proposed bill, 71.15% of respondents said they would like to see the current legislation scrapped.

The initiative had 3248 individual responses, the most in the parliament's history.

Kelly said: "We have seen overwhelming public support to repeal the SNP Football Act, now the next step is a formal proposal in Holyrood.

"The SNP government was unbelievably arrogant to bulldoze this Football Act through the Scottish Parliament in the first place. Every other party opposed it and now parties can come together to repeal it.

"The SNP doesn't have a majority in parliament, it has already lost a vote on the future of the Football Act and it would be a symbolic gesture if SNP MSPs were amongst the first to support my proposal.

"If the SNP recognises that it got it wrong, parliament could unanimously repeal this law and focus on tackling sectarianism where it really matters - in our classrooms and communities."

The proposal needs the support of 18 MSPs from three different political parties to progress to the next stage.

All four opposition parties committed themselves to repealing the legislation in their election manifestos, meaning Kelly should gain the required number of MSPs.

Following May's election, the SNP were reduced to a minority at the Scottish Parliament.

Scottish Conservative shadow justice secretary Douglas Ross said: "It's time this act was scrapped. It's unnecessary, fans hate it and it's been proved unworkable in Scotland's court rooms.

"The SNP railroaded this through when every other party was against it and the legal profession raised serious concerns about it.

"Now it doesn't have that same majority, the Scottish Government is being presented with the opportunity to do the right thing and repeal this unpopular and needless legislation."

A Scottish Government spokesman said: "Scotland continues to have a problem with abusive behaviour at football games which tarnishes our national game.

"A hardcore minority is souring the atmosphere for the majority of football supporters and critics of the OBFTC Act seem to think our only option is just to accept this contempt for fans and players.

"Not one viable alternative to dealing with the unacceptable scenes of violence and abuse we continue to see at matches has been put forward in the entire debate around this law.

"This is not just about sectarianism or language that can be challenged by education programmes - two-thirds of charges under the law in 2015/16 for threatening behaviour, including physical violence.

"After two full football seasons of the Act being in place, an independent evaluation found that the clear majority of fans condemn abusive behaviour towards people's religious beliefs.

"As we have repeatedly said, we are absolutely willing to talk about how the law could be improved but with no alternative to deal with those who use football to spread hatred and abuse, those opposing the Act are turning a blind eye to the sickening scenes we continue to see at games and telling us we have no right to expect fans to behave any better."