The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1998

Statutory Instruments

1998 No. 2314 (S.121)

SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS

The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1998

Made

15th September 1998

Laid before Parliament

21st September 1998

Coming into force

13th October 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 18 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 13th October 1998.

2.  For the purposes of Part II of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 there are hereby designated–

(a) the sports grounds specified in Parts I, II and III of Schedule 1 to this Order;

(b) the classes of sporting events specified in Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order, at any of the sports grounds specified in Parts I and II of Schedule 1 to this Order;

(c) the class of sporting event specified in Part II of Schedule 2 to this Order, at the sports grounds specified in Parts II and III of Schedule 1 to this Order;

(d) the classes of sporting events specified in Part III of Schedule 2 to this Order.

3.  The Orders specified in Schedule 3 to this Order are hereby revoked.

Sam Galbraith

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, The Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

15th September 1998

Article 2(a), (b) and (c)

SCHEDULE 1 SPORTS GROUNDS

PART I

• Allan Park, Cove

• Almondvale Stadium, Livingston

• Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead

• Bayview Stadium, Methil

• Bellslea Park, Fraserburgh

• Boghead Park, Dumbarton

• Borough Briggs, Elgin

• Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld

• Brockville Park, Falkirk

• Caledonian Stadium, Inverness

• Cappielow Park, Greenock

• Celtic Park, Glasgow

• Central Park, Cowdenbeath

• Christie Park, Huntly

• Claggan Park, Fort William

• Cliftonhill Stadium, Coatbridge

• Dens Park Stadium, Dundee

• Dudgeon Park, Brora

• East End Park, Dunfermline

• Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh

• Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie

• Firhill Stadium, Glasgow

• Fir Park, Motherwell

• Firs Park, Falkirk

• Forthbank Stadium, Stirling

• Gayfield Park, Arbroath

• Glebe Park, Brechin

• Grant Park, Lossiemouth

• Grant Street Park, Inverness

• Harmsworth Park, Wick

• Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

• Kynoch Park, Keith

• Links Park Stadium, Montrose

• McDiarmid Park, Perth

• Mackessack Park, Rothes

• Mosset Park, Forres

• Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir, Larbert

• Palmerston Park, Dumfries

• Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

• Princess Royal Park, Banff

• Recreation Park, Alloa

• Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

• St. Mirren Park, Paisley

• Somerset Park, Ayr

• Stair Park, Stranraer

• Stark’s Park, Kirkcaldy

• Station Park, Forfar

• Station Park, Nairn

• Tannadice Park, Dundee

• Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh

• Victoria Park, Buckie

• Victoria Park, Dingwall

PART II

• Hampden Park, Glasgow

PART III

• Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Article 2(b), (c) and (d)

SCHEDULE 2 CLASSES OF SPORTING EVENTS

PART I

1.  Association football matches in the Scottish Premier League.

2.  Association football matches in the Scottish Football League.

3.  Association football matches in the Highland Football League.

4.  Association football matches in the competition for–

(a) the Scottish Association Cup;

(b) the Scottish Football League Cup;

(c) the Scottish Association Qualifying Cup (North);

(d) the UEFA Champions League;

(e) the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup;

(f) the UEFA Cup;

(g) the UEFA Inter Toto Cup.

5.  International Association football matches in Scotland.

6.  Association football matches (other than those specified in paragraphs 1 to 5 above) which come within the jurisdiction of the Scottish Football Association Limited.

PART II

• International Rugby Union football matches.

PART III

Association football matches at a sports ground outside Great Britain in which one of the participating teams represents–

(a) the Scottish Football Association Limited; or

(b) a club which is a member of the Scottish Premier League; or

(c) a club which is a member of the Scottish Football League; or

(d) a club which is a member of the Highland Football League.

Article 3

SCHEDULE 3

• The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1985(2).

• The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1989(3).

• The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1993(4).

• The Sporting Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1995(5).

• The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1996(6).

• The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1997(7).

• The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 1998(8).

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the sports grounds, the classes of sporting events played at those grounds and the classes of sporting events outside Great Britain for the purposes of Part II of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995. This Order revokes the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1985 and the subsequent Orders amending that Order.

(1)

1995 c. 39.

(2)

S.I. 1985/1224, amended by S.I. 1989/2433, 1993/1412, 1995/2896, 1996/2653, 1997/1787 and 1998/1659.

(3)

S.I. 1989/2433.

(4)

S.I. 1993/1412.

(5)

S.I. 1995/2896.

(6)

S.I. 1996/2653.

(7)

S.I. 1997/1787.

(8)

S.I. 1998/1659.