LegalizeThe Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1986
Made: 24th July 1986
Laid before Parliament: 31st July 1986
Coming into Operation: 23rd August 1986
In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975[^f00001], 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 1986 and shall come into operation on 23rd August 1986.
2
The sports stadia specified in Schedule 1 to this Order (being stadia each of which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators) are hereby designated as stadia requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.
3
The sports ground specified in Schedule 2 to this Order (being a sports ground at which Association Football, Rugby League Football or Rugby Union Football is played and which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators) is hereby designated as a sports ground requiring a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975, as extended by the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 (Extension to Football Grounds) Order 1986.
SCHEDULE 1 — ADDRESSES OF SPORTS STADIA DESIGNATED BY ARTICLE 2
| Underhill | Twerton Park |
|---|---|
| Barnet Lane | Bath |
| Barnet | |
| Shielfield Park | The Stadium |
| Tweedmouth | Central Avenue |
| Berwick upon Tweed | Billingham |
| County Cricket Ground | Borough Park |
| Edgbaston Road | Princess Street |
| Edgbaston | Blackpool |
| Birmingham | |
| York Street Ground | Brewery Field |
| York Street | Tondu Road |
| Boston | Bridgend |
| Bristol Rugby Memorial Ground | The Recreation Ground |
| Filton Avenue | Camborne |
| Horfield | |
| Bristol | |
| Cardiff Arms Park | The Stadium |
| Cardiff | New Writtle Street |
| Chelmsford | |
| Victory Park | Cwmbran Stadium |
| Duke Street | Henllys Way |
| Chorley | Cwmbran |
| Watling Street | Eugene Cross Park |
| Stone | Pontygof |
| Dartford | Ebbw Vale |
| County Ground Stadium | International Stadium |
| Church Road | Nelson Road |
| St. Thomas | Gateshead |
| Exeter | |
| Kingsholm Ground | Loakes Park |
| Kingsholm Road | High Wycombe |
| Gloucester | |
| Rockingham Road Football Ground | Headingley Cricket Ground |
| Rockingham Road | St. Michael's Lane |
| Kettering | Leeds |
| Aylestone Road | Stradey Park |
| Leicester | Llanelli |
| Champion Hill | The Oval |
| East Dulwich | Kennington |
| London S.E. 22 | London S.E. 11 |
| Lord's Cricket Ground | County Ground |
| St. John's Wood | Talbot Road |
| London N.W. 8 | Old Trafford |
| Manchester | |
| Sandy Lane | Christie Park |
| Streatham Road | Lancaster Road |
| Mitcham | Morecambe |
| The Gnoll (Rugby Union Ground) | Rodney Parade |
| Gnoll Park Road | Rodney Road |
| Neath | Newport |
| The Central Ground | The Drill Field |
| Albion Way | Drill Field Road |
| Northwich | Northwich |
| Trent Bridge | Manor Park |
| Bridgford Road | Beaumont Road |
| West Bridgford | Nuneaton |
| Nottingham | |
| Sardis Road Field | Poole Stadium |
| Sardis Road | Wimborne Road |
| Pontypridd | Poole |
| Talbot Athletic Ground | Cricket Ground |
| Manor Street | North Marine Road |
| Port Talbot | Scarborough |
| Sheffield Sports Stadium | Western Road |
| Penistone Road | Southall |
| Owlerton | |
| Sheffield | |
| Haig Avenue | Borough Sports Ground |
| Southport | Gander Green Lane |
| Sutton | |
| St. Helen's Ground | Buck's Head Ground |
| Bryn Road | Wellington |
| Swansea | Telford |
| St. George's Lane | Borough Park |
| Worcester | Workington |
| Ellis Sports Ground | Yeovil Athletic Ground |
| Moss Bay Road | Huish |
| Workington | Yeovil |
| Wigginton Road Ground | |
| Wigginton Road | |
| York |
SCHEDULE 2 — ADDRESS OF SPORTS GROUND DESIGNATED BY ARTICLE 3
- Recreation Ground
- Redruth
Signed
Douglas Hurd — One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State — Home Office — 24th July 1986
Explanatory note
EXPLANATORY NOTE
By this Order the Secretary of State designates the sports stadia set out in Schedule 1 to it as stadia requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 and the sports ground set out in Schedule 2 to it as a sports ground requiring a safety certificate under that Act as extended by the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 (Extension to Football Grounds) Order 1986.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: the powers in section 1 were extended by the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 (Extension to Football Grounds) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1044).
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