Section 68 Designation of sports grounds and sporting events.
Scotland
The Secretary of State may for the purposes of this Part of this Act by order designate—
a sports ground or a class of sports ground;
a sporting event, or a class of sporting event, at that ground or at any of that class of ground:
Provided that a sporting event at which all the participants take part without financial or material reward and to which all spectators are admitted free of charge shall not be subject to an order under this section; but this proviso is without prejudice to the order’s validity as respects any other sporting event.
a sporting event, or a class of sporting event, taking place outside Great Britain:
The power to make an order under subsection (1) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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S. 68(1)(c) inserted by Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 (c. 57, SIF 39:2), s. 10(a)
Notes on Part V
Textual amendments
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Part V (ss. 68-77) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 40, ss. 4, 6 Sch. 5 (with Sch. 3 Pt. II paras. 16, 17)