{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safety-of-sports-grounds-act-1975/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safety-of-sports-grounds-act-1975/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/52",
  "legislation_title": "Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safety-of-sports-grounds-act-1975",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Powers of entry and inspection.",
  "text": "A person authorised by—\n(a) the local authority;\n(b) the chief officer of police;\n(c) where the local authority is in Wales, Greater London or a metropolitan county, the fire authority or, in any other case, the building authority; or\nif the local authority are not the fire and rescue authority, the fire and rescue authority;\n(ca) if the local authority are not the building authority, the building authority; or\n(d) the Secretary of State,\nmay, on production if so required of his authority, enter a sports ground at any reasonable time, and make such inspection of it and such inquiries relating to it as he considers necessary for the purposes of this Act, and in particular may examine records of attendance at the ground and records relating to the maintenance of safety at the ground, and take copies of such records.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 11(c)(ca) substituted for s. 11(c) (E.W.) (1.10.2004 except in relation to W., 10.11.2004 for W.) by Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 1 para. 47(7); S.I. 2004/2304, art. 2; S.I. 2004/2917, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), d. 16, Sch. 8 para. 7(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(c) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 47(1)(f) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 para. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words repealed (S.) by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43, SIF 81:2), s. 66(2), Sch. 4 Pt. II"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/52/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:37:30.064919+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}