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The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2011

S.I. 2011/1186 · Made 28 April 2011

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Sports Grounds And Sporting Events, England And Wales

Made 28th April 2011

Laid before Parliament 4th May 2011

Coming into force 26th May 2011

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 9(3) of the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985f1 makes the following Order.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 57; section 9 has been amended by sections 198(1) and 199 of, and paragraphs 96 and 101(a) and (b) of Schedule 6 and Schedule 7 to, the Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17).

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and extent
  2. 2Amendment to the Sporting Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) Order 2005
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and extent

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Amendment) Order 2011 and shall come into force on 26th May 2011.

(2)

This Order extends to England and Wales.

2Amendment to the Sporting Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) Order 2005

(1)

The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) Order 2005f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Part 1 of Schedule 2 after “Welsh Premier League,” insert “or whose home ground is for the time being situated outside England and Wales,”.

Signature

James Brokenshire

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

28th April 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which comes into force on 26th May 2011, amends the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) Order 2005 for the purposes of designated sporting events to which the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985 applies.

This Order includes in the list of designated sporting events, any football match in which one or both clubs have their home ground for the time being outside England and Wales.