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Statutory Instruments

1987 No. 1689

SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS

The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1987

Made

24th September 1987

Laid before Parliament

1st October 1987

Coming into force

31st October 1987

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975(1), and after such consultation as is mentioned in section 18(4) of that Act, I hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 31st October 1987.

2.  The sports stadium at The Athletic Ground, Seamer Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (being a stadium which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators) is hereby designated as a stadium requiring a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.

Home Office

Douglas Hurd

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

24th September 1987

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

By this Order the Secretary of State designates the sports stadium referred to in article 2 of it as a stadium requiring a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.

(1)

1975 c. 52; section 1(1) was amended by Schedule 2 to the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27) but the amendments are not yet in force.