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Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985
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- s. 5A repealed by 2003 c. 17 Sch. 6 para. 99(c) Sch. 7
[F15A Private facilities for viewing events.E+W
(1)In relation to a room in a designated sports ground—
(a)from which designated sporting events may be directly viewed, and
(b)to which the general public are not admitted,
sections 2(1)(a) and 3(1)(a) of this Act have effect with the substitution for the reference to the period of a designated sporting event of a reference to the restricted period defined below.
(2)Subject to any order under subsection (3) below, the restricted period of a designated sporting event for the purposes of this section is the period beginning 15 minutes before the start of the event or (if earlier) 15 minutes before the time at which it is advertised to start and ending 15 minutes after the end of the event, but—
(a)where an event advertised to start at a particular time on a particular day is postponed to a later day, the restricted period includes the period in the day on which it is advertised to take place beginning 15 minutes before and ending 15 minutes after that time, and
(b)where an event advertised to start at a particular time on a particular day does not take place, the period is the period referred to in paragraph (a) above.
(3)The Secretary of State may by order provide, in relation to all designated sporting events or in relation to such descriptions of event as are specified in the order—
(a)that the restricted period shall be such period, shorter than that mentioned in subsection (2) above, as may be specified in the order, or
(b)that there shall be no restricted period.
(4)An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]
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