Part II SPORTING EVENTS: CONTROL OF ALCOHOL ETC.
18 Designation of sports grounds and sporting events.
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.