Statutory Instruments
2009 No. 1501
Sports Grounds And Sporting Events, England And Wales
The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No.3) Order 2009
Made
17th June 2009
Laid before Parliament
17th June 2009
Coming into force
10th July 2009
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975(1). In accordance with section 18(4) of that Act he has consulted with such persons as appear to him to be requisite.
1975 c.52; section 1 was amended by section 20 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c.27) and the Safety of Sports Grounds (Accommodation of Spectators) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/499) which substitutes the number 5,000 as the specified number of spectators for those sports grounds at which association football matches are played and which are occupied by a club which is a member of either the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited.