# The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1976

S.I. 1976/1264 · made 31 July 1976

By this Order the Secretary of State designates certain sports stadia as stadia requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.

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## Introductory text

SPORTS GROUNDS
Made 31st July 1976
Laid before Parliament 12th August 1976
Coming into Operation 1st January 1977
In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975, and after such consultation as is mentioned in section 18(4) thereof, I hereby make the following Order:—

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1976 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1977.

## 2 

The sports stadia specified in the Schedule to this Order (being stadia each of which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators) are hereby designated as stadia requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.

## Signature

Roy Jenkins
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
Whitehall
31st July 1976

## 

Address of Stadium
Occupier of Stadium
Arsenal Stadium
Highbury
London
Arsenal Football Club Ltd
Villa Park
Trinity Road
Birmingham
Aston Villa Football Club Ltd
St. Andrew's Ground
Birmingham
Birmingham City Football Club Ltd
Ashton Gate
Bristol
Bristol City Football Club Ltd
Ninian Park
Cardiff
Cardiff City Association Football Club Ltd
Highfield Road Stadium
Coventry
Coventry City Football Club Ltd
Baseball Ground
Shaftesbury Crescent
Derby
Derby County Football Club Ltd
Goodison Park
Liverpool
Everton Football Club Ltd
Portman Road
Ipswich
Ipswich Town Football Club Ltd
Elland Road
Leeds
Leeds United Association Football Club Ltd
City Stadium
Filbert Street
Leicester
Leicester City Football Club Ltd
Anfield Road
Liverpool
Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Co. Ltd
Maine Road
Moss Side
Manchester
Manchester City Football Club Ltd
Old Trafford
Manchester
Manchester United Football Club Ltd
Ayresome Park
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough Football and Athletic Club Ltd
St. James' Park
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Newcastle United Football Co. Ltd
Carrow Road
Norwich
Norwich City Football Club Ltd
Rangers Stadium
Shepherd's Bush
London
Queen's Park Rangers Football and Athletic Club Ltd
Victoria Ground
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke City Football Club Ltd
Roker Park Ground
Sunderland
Sunderland Association Football Club Ltd
White Hart Lane
Tottenham
London
Tottenham Hotspur Football and Athletic Club Ltd
The Hawthorns
West Bromwich
West Bromwich Albion Football Club Ltd
Boleyn Ground
Upton Park
London
West Ham United Football Club Ltd
Racecourse Ground
Mold Road
Wrexham
Wrexham Association Football Club Ltd
Empire Stadium
Empire Way
Wembley
Wembley Stadium Ltd
Twickenham Rugby
Union Ground
Whitton Road
Twickenham
Rugby Football Union
The National Ground
Cardiff Arms Park
Westgate Street
Cardiff
Welsh Rugby Union

## Explanatory note

By this Order the Secretary of State designates certain sports stadia as stadia requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/1264 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/safety-of-sports-grounds-designation-order-1976
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