1976 No. 1264
SPORTS GROUNDS
The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1976
Made 31st July 1976
Laid before Parliament 12th August 1976
Coming into Operation 1st January 1977

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975, and after such consultation as is mentioned in section 18(4) thereof, I hereby make the following Order:—

1 This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1976 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1977.
2 The sports stadia specified in the Schedule to this Order (being stadia each of which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators) are hereby designated as stadia requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.
Roy Jenkins One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State Home Office Whitehall 31st July 1976
SCHEDULE
Address of Stadium	Occupier of Stadium
Arsenal Stadium Highbury London	Arsenal Football Club Ltd
Villa Park Trinity Road Birmingham	Aston Villa Football Club Ltd
St. Andrew's Ground Birmingham	Birmingham City Football Club Ltd
Ashton Gate Bristol	Bristol City Football Club Ltd
Ninian Park Cardiff	Cardiff City Association Football Club Ltd
Highfield Road Stadium Coventry	Coventry City Football Club Ltd
Baseball Ground Shaftesbury Crescent Derby	Derby County Football Club Ltd
Goodison Park Liverpool	Everton Football Club Ltd
Portman Road Ipswich	Ipswich Town Football Club Ltd
Elland Road Leeds	Leeds United Association Football Club Ltd
City Stadium Filbert Street Leicester	Leicester City Football Club Ltd
Anfield Road Liverpool	Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Co. Ltd
Maine Road Moss Side Manchester	Manchester City Football Club Ltd
Old Trafford Manchester	Manchester United Football Club Ltd
Ayresome Park Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough Football and Athletic Club Ltd
St. James' Park Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Newcastle United Football Co. Ltd
Carrow Road Norwich	Norwich City Football Club Ltd
Rangers Stadium Shepherd's Bush London	Queen's Park Rangers Football and Athletic Club Ltd
Victoria Ground Stoke-on-Trent	Stoke City Football Club Ltd
Roker Park Ground Sunderland	Sunderland Association Football Club Ltd
White Hart Lane Tottenham London	Tottenham Hotspur Football and Athletic Club Ltd
The Hawthorns West Bromwich	West Bromwich Albion Football Club Ltd
Boleyn Ground Upton Park London	West Ham United Football Club Ltd
Racecourse Ground Mold Road Wrexham	Wrexham Association Football Club Ltd
Empire Stadium Empire Way Wembley	Wembley Stadium Ltd
Twickenham Rugby Union Ground Whitton Road Twickenham	Rugby Football Union
The National Ground Cardiff Arms Park Westgate Street Cardiff	Welsh Rugby Union
Article 2

EXPLANATORY NOTE
By this Order the Secretary of State designates certain sports stadia as stadia requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.