Section 37 Safety of platforms, &c. erected or used on public occasions.
Whenever large numbers of persons are likely to assemble on the occasion of any show, entertainment, public procession, open-air meeting, or other like occasion, every roof of a building, and every platform, balcony, or other structure or part thereof let or used or intended to be let or used for the purpose of affording sitting or standing accommodation for a number of persons, shall be safely constructed or secured to the satisfaction of the F1proper officer of the authority.
Any person who uses or allows to be used in contravention of this section, any roof of a building, platform, balcony, or structure not so safely constructed or secured, or who neglects to comply with the provisions of this section in respect thereof, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding F2fifty poundslevel 3 on the standard scale.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 29 Pt. I para. 4(1)(a)
- F2
“level 3 on the standard scale” substituted (E.W.) for “fifty pounds” by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46
Modifications
- C1
S. 37(1) excluded by Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sports Act 1987 (c. 27, SIF 45A), ss. 26(1), 33
- C2
S. 37(1) excluded by Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 (c. 52), s. 9(1)
- C3
S. 37(1) excluded (N.I.) (31.12.2009) by The Safety of Sports Grounds (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/313), arts. 1(2), art. 21(1)-(3) (with art. 26); S.R. 2009/287, art. 2(m)