{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safety-of-sports-grounds-designation-order-2015/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safety-of-sports-grounds-designation-order-2015/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/661",
  "legislation_title": "The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safety-of-sports-grounds-designation-order-2015",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Designations",
  "text": "(1) The sports grounds specified in Schedule 1 to this Order, being sports grounds which in the opinion of the Secretary of State have accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators, are designated as sports grounds requiring a safety certificate under the Act.\n(2) The sports grounds specified in Schedule 2 to this Order, being sports grounds—\n(a) in England and Wales,\n(b) at which association football matches are played,\n(c) which are occupied by a club that is a member of the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited, and\n(d) which in the opinion of the Secretary of State have accommodation for more than 5,000 spectators,\nare designated as sports grounds requiring a safety certificate under the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 1.10.2015, see art. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "For the number specified in section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 (currently 10,000), the Safety of Sports Grounds (Accommodation of Spectators) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/499) substituted the number 5,000 in respect of a sports ground in England and Wales at which association football matches are played and which is occupied by a club which is a member of either the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/661/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:43:00.335187+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."
}