The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2011

Type Statutory-Instrument
Publication 2011-06-06
State In force
Department Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament
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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[^f00001]. 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.

SCHEDULE

Sports Ground Occupier of Sports Ground
American Express Community Stadium Village Way Brighton BN1 9BL The Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club Ltd.

Signed

Hugh Robertson — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Culture, Media and Sport — 6th June 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 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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