(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, the Secretary of State may for the purposes of this Part of this Act by order designate—
(a)a sports ground or a class of sports ground;
(b)a sporting event, or a class of sporting event, at that ground or at any of that class of ground;
(c)a sporting event, or a class of sporting event, taking place outside Great Britain.
(2)An order under this section shall not apply to a sporting event at which all the participants take part without financial or material reward and to which all spectators are admitted free of charge; but this subsection is without prejudice to the order’s validity as respects any other sporting event.
(3)The power to make an order under subsection (1) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.