{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safety-of-sports-grounds-designation-order-2015/note",
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  "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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nBy section 1 of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975, the Secretary of State may by order designate as a sports ground requiring a safety certificate under that Act any sports ground which, in his opinion, has accommodation for more than the specified number of spectators.\nBy the Safety of Sports Grounds (Accommodation of Spectators) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/499), the specified number of spectators is 5,000 for sports grounds in England and Wales at which association football matches are played and which are occupied by a club that is a member of the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited. The specified number of spectators for all other purposes is 10,000.\nArticle 2 of and Schedules 1 and 2 to this Order consolidate, with amendments, the large number of designations made in respect of sports grounds in England and Wales by orders previously made under section 1 of the Act.\nArticle 3 of and Schedule 3 to this Order revoke all previous designation orders relating to sports grounds in England and Wales. Any sports ground designated in a previous order as requiring a safety certificate is omitted from this Order if such a certificate is no longer required because that sports ground no longer meets the conditions to which the Secretary of State’s power to designate is subject.\nAn impact assessment has not been produced for this Order, as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen. An Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared and is available alongside this instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/661/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:43:00.335187+00:00"
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  "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."
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