Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 20th August 1998.

Designation2

The sports grounds specified in the Schedule to this Order (being sports grounds in England 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 or the Football Association Premier League Limited, each of which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 5,000 spectators) are hereby designated as sports grounds requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 19752.

Amendment of the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 19763

In Schedule to the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 19763, the entries in respect of–

a

Victoria Ground, Stoke-on-Trent; and

b

Roker Park Ground, Sunderland,

shall be omitted.

Chris SmithSecretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport