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The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025

Type Scottish-Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2025-09-16
State In force
Jurisdiction Scotland
Department King's Printer for Scotland
Source legislation.gov.uk
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Made: 16th September 2025

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 18th September 2025

Coming into force: 13th November 2025

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 18(1) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 and comes into force on 13 November 2025.

Amendment of the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014

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3G Arena Galashiels
Ainslie Park Stadium Edinburgh
Bayview Stadium Methil
Cappielow Park Greenock
Dens Park Stadium Dundee
Excelsior Stadium Airdrie
Firhill Stadium Glasgow
Gayfield Park Arbroath
K Park Training Academy East Kilbride
Lesser Hampden Glasgow
moreroom.com Stadium Dumbarton
Prestonfield Linlithgow
Simple Digital Arena Paisley
Stair Park Stranraer
Station Park Forfar
Tony Macaroni Arena Livingston
3G Arena Netherdale Galashiels
The Albert Bartlett Stadium Airdrie
The Alpha Projects Stadium at Station Park Forfar
Cappielow Park Supported by Dalrada Technology Greenock
The City Stadium Glasgow
Forthbank Stadium Stirling
Ochilview Park Stenhousemuir
The Eco Gen Stadium at Stair Park Stranraer
The Greenversity Stadium at Gayfield Park Arbroath
Holm Park Clydebank
Home of the Set Fare Arena Livingston
Marbill Coaches Stadium Dumbarton
MGM Timber Bayview Stadium Methil
Prestonfield Stadium Linlithgow
The Ross Commercial Finance K Park Stadium East Kilbride
ScotFoam Stadium at Dens Park Dundee
The SMISA Stadium Paisley
Vanloq Community Stadium Edinburgh
The Wyre Stadium at Firhill Glasgow

Signed

MAREE TODD — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 16th September 2025

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014 (“the 2014 Order”). The 2014 Order designates sports grounds, classes of sporting events played at those grounds and classes of sporting events outside Great Britain for the purposes of Part II of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (sporting events: control of alcohol etc.).

Article 2 (2) of this Order makes changes to the list of sports grounds designated in the 2014 Order, to reflect changes to the membership of the football leagues for which the home grounds of member clubs were designated in the 2014 Order.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1995 c. 39. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). Section 18 has been modified by paragraph 2 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2014/5, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2014/374, S.S.I. 2022/86, S.S.I. 2022/263, S.S.I. 2023/257 and S.S.I. 2024/352.

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