2018 No. 869
Sports Grounds And Sporting Events, England And Wales
The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2018
Made 16th July 2018
Laid before Parliament 19th July 2018
Coming into force 9th August 2018

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 18(2) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.
1975 c. 52; section 1 was amended by section 20 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27). The functions of the Secretary of State were, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
The Secretary of State is of the opinion that the conditions specified in section 1(1) of that Act are satisfied and has, in accordance with section 18(4) of that Act, consulted with such persons and bodies as appear to him requisite.
By section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975, the Secretary of State may by order designate as a sports ground requiring a safety certificate under that Act any sports ground which, in his opinion, has accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators. The Safety of Sports Grounds (Accommodation of Spectators) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/499) substituted the number 5,000 for the number of spectators specified in section 1(1) of that Act in respect of sports grounds in England and Wales at which association football matches are played and which are occupied by a club which is a member of the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited.