The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1998

Made: 30th June 1998

Laid before Parliament: 3rd July 1998

Coming into force: 24th July 1998

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 1(1) and 18(2) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975¹, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and, as required by section 18(4) of that Act, after consultation with such persons or bodies of persons as appear to him requisite, hereby makes the following Order:

1

This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 24th July 1998.

2

Each stadium in Schedule 1 to this Order, being a sports stadium which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators, is hereby designated as a stadium requiring a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.

3

The Orders specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE 1 — STADIA IN SCOTLAND DESIGNATED AS REQUIRING SAFETY CERTIFICATES UNDER THE SAFETY OF SPORTS GROUNDS ACT 1975

• Bayview Park, Methil

• Boghead Park, Dumbarton

• Brockville Park, Falkirk

• Cappielow Park, Greenock

• Celtic Park, Glasgow

• Central Park, Cowdenbeath

• Cliftonhill Stadium, Coatbridge

• Dens Park, Dundee

• East End Park, Dunfermline

• Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh

• Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie

• Fir Park, Motherwell

• Firhill Stadium, Glasgow

• Firs Park, Falkirk

• Gayfield Park, Arbroath

• Hampden Park, Glasgow

• Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

• McDiarmid Park, Perth

• Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh

• Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

• Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir

• Palmerston Park, Dumfries

• Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

• Recreation Park, Alloa

• Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

• Somerset Park, Ayr

• St Mirren Park, Paisley

• Stark’s Park, Kirkcaldy

• Tannadice Park, Dundee

• Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

SCHEDULE 2 — REVOCATIONS

• The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1976².

• The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1977³.

• The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1978⁴.

• The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1979⁵.

• The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1980⁶.

• The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Variation Order 1982⁷.

• The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1984⁸.

• The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1986⁹.

• The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1989¹⁰.

Signed

Sam Galbraith — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office — 30th June 1998

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order consolidates, with amendments, the terms of previous Orders designating sports grounds in Scotland which require safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 and revokes these Orders. The Order also designates for the first time the stadium at Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie. The stadia previously designated under the names Firhill Park, Glasgow and Love Street Park, Paisley are now designated under the names Firhill Stadium, Glasgow and St Mirren Park, Paisley respectively. The Order does not designate the stadia at Annfield Park, Stirling, Broomfield Park, Airdrie and Douglas Park, Hamilton as these are no longer sports grounds for the purposes of the 1975 Act.

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