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.