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The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2011

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Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 1437

Sports Grounds And Sporting Events, England And Wales

The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2011

Made

6th June 2011

Laid before Parliament

8th June 2011

Coming into force

1st July 2011

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.

Citation and Commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 1st July 2011.

Designation

2.  The sports ground specified in the Schedule to this Order (being a sports ground which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators) is designated as a sports ground requiring a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.

Hugh Robertson

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

6th June 2011

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Sports GroundOccupier of Sports Ground

American Express Community Stadium

Village Way

Brighton

BN1 9BL

The Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club Ltd.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the American Express Community Stadium, occupied by The Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club Ltd., as a sports ground requiring a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument.

(1)

1975 c.52; section 1 was amended by section 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c.27).

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