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(1)A safety certificate for a regulated stand shall contain such terms and conditions as the local authority consider necessary or expedient to secure reasonable safety in the stand when it is in use for viewing the specified activity or activities at the ground, and the terms and conditions may be such as to involve alterations or additions to the stand or any installations in or serving the stand.
(2)In so far as an order under section 39 below so requires as respects any class of stand at sports grounds, a safety certificate shall include such terms and conditions as may be provided for in the order.
(3)No condition of a safety certificate shall require the provision of the services in or in the vicinity of the stand of any members of a police force unless the extent of the provision of their services is reserved for the determination of the chief officer of police of the force.
(4)Without prejudice to subsection (1) above, a safety certificate for a regulated stand may include a condition that the following records shall be kept—
(a)records of the number of spectators accommodated in covered accommodation in the stand; and
(b)records relating to the maintenance of safety in the stand.
(5)A general safety certificate shall contain or have attached to it a plan of the stand to which it applies and the area in the immediate vicinity of it, and the terms and conditions in the certificate or in any special safety certificate issued for the stand shall be framed, where appropriate, by reference to that plan.
(6)A safety certificate for a regulated stand at a sports ground may include different terms and conditions in relation to different activities taking place at the ground.
(7)Nothing in a safety certificate for a regulated stand at a sports ground shall derogate from any requirements imposed by regulations under section 6(2) of the M1Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.
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