Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 1047
Sports Grounds And Sporting Events, England And Wales
The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018
Made
8th October 2018
Laid before Parliament
9th October 2018
Coming into force
31st October 2018
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 18(2) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975(1).
The Secretary of State is of the opinion that the conditions specified in section 1(1) of that Act are satisfied(2) and has, in accordance with section 18(4) of that Act, consulted with such persons and bodies as appear to him requisite.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018 and comes into force on 31st October 2018.
Amendment to the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2015
2.—(1) The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2015(3) is amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 2 (sports grounds designated under article 2(2)), before the entry for Craven Cottage, occupied by Fulham Football Club, insert—
| “The New Lawn, Another Way, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire GL6 0FG | Forest Green Rovers Football Club” |
Tracey Crouch
Minister for Sport and Civil Society
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
8th October 2018
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/661) so as to designate the New Lawn in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, as a sports ground for which a safety certificate is required under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.
The New Lawn is occupied by Forest Green Rovers Football Club, a member of the Football League Limited, and is a sports ground in England at which association football matches are played and which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, has accommodation for more than 5,000 spectators.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
1975 c. 52; section 1 was amended by section 20 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27). The functions of the Secretary of State were, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
By section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975, the Secretary of State may by order designate as a sports ground requiring a safety certificate under that Act any sports ground which, in his opinion, has accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators. The Safety of Sports Grounds (Accommodation of Spectators) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/499) substituted the number 5,000 for the number of spectators specified in section 1(1) of that Act in respect of sports grounds in England and Wales at which association football matches are played and which are occupied by a club which is a member of the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited.
S.I. 2015/661, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.