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Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 1499

Sports Grounds And Sporting Events, England And Wales

The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No.2) Order 2011

Made

14th June 2011

Laid before Parliament

16th June 2011

Coming into force

15th 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 and bodies as appear to him to be requisite.

Citation and Commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No.2) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 15th July 2011.

Designation

2.  The sports ground specified in the Schedule to this Order, being a sports ground—

(a)at which association football matches are played;

(b)which is occupied by a club which is a member of the Football League Limited; and

(c)which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, has accommodation for more than 5,000 spectators(2),

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

14th June 2011

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Sports GroundOccupier of Sports Ground

Kingsmeadow Stadium

Jack Goodchild Way

422A Kingston Road

Kingston upon Thames

KT1 3PB

AFC Wimbledon Limited

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the Kingsmeadow Stadium, occupied by AFC Wimbledon Limited, 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 sections 19 and 20 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c.27).

(2)

The Safety of Sports Grounds (Accommodation of Spectators) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/499) substituted the number 5,000 for the number specified in section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 in respect of a sports ground at which association football matches are played and which is occupied by a club which is a member of either the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited.