David Duckenfield will stand trial over his role in the Hillsborough disaster.
A legal order had previously prevented the former South Yorkshire Police match commander from facing a public prosecution over the 1989 tragedy.
But the ruling by a High Court judge on Friday lifted the ‘stay’ and will now see Duckenfield appear on 95 counts of manslaughter by gross negligence.
Charges over Tony Bland, whose life support was turned off in 1993, are immune as his death came over a year and a day after the injuries sustained.
Sir Peter Openshaw, sitting at Preston Crown Court, said: “In respect of the defendant David Duckenfield I lift the stay.
“I confirm that I grant the voluntary bill of indictment to allow prosecution against him for manslaughter to proceed.
“I decline to order a stay on that charge.”
Duckenfield, 73, will stand trial on September 10 alongside ex-Sheffield Wednesday club secretary Graham Mackrell, who is charged with health and safety.
Former South Yorkshire officers Donald Denton and Alan Foster as well as the force’s erstwhile solicitor Peter Metcalf are set to face charges of perverting the course of justice in January 2019.
A hearing to determine whether ex-Merseyside Police chief Norman Bettison, a member of SYP in 1989, will face trial has been deferred until August.