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The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) Order 2005

S.I. 2005/3204 · Made 15 November 2005

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SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS

Made 15th November 2005

Laid before Parliament 22nd November 2005

Coming into force 14th December 2005

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 9(2) and (3) of the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 f1 hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 57.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule 1SPORTS GROUNDS
  6. Schedule 2: CLASSES OF SPORTING EVENTS
  7. Part I
  8. 1Paragraph 1
  9. 2Paragraph 2
  10. 2Part 2
  11. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 14th December 2005.

2

For the purposes of the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985, there are hereby designated—

(1)

the classes of sports ground specified in Schedule 1 to this Order;

(2)

the classes of sporting events specified in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order at any sports ground specified in Schedule 1; and

(3)

the classes of sporting events specified in Part 2 of Schedule 2.

3

The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) Order 1985f1, the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Amendment) Order 1987f2, and article 2(2)(a) of the Sports Grounds and Football (Amendment of Various Orders) Order 1992f3 are hereby revoked.

Signature

Paul Goggins

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

15th November 2005

Schedule 1SPORTS GROUNDS

Any sports ground in England or Wales.

1

Association football matches in which one or both of the participating teams represents a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League, the Football Association Premier League, the Football Conference National Division, the Scottish Football League or Welsh Premier League, or represents a country or territory.

2

Association football matches in competition for the Football Association Cup (other than in a preliminary or qualifying round).

2

Association football matches at a sports ground outside England and Wales in which one or both of the participating teams represents a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League, the Football Association Premier League, the Football Conference National division, the Scottish Football League or Welsh Premier League, or represents the Football Association or the Football Association of Wales.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates any sports ground and classes of sporting events taking place at those grounds or outside England and Wales for the purposes of the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985. The Act does not, by virtue of section 9(6), apply to any sporting event in which all competitors are to take part otherwise than for reward and to which all spectators are to be admitted free of charge. This Order comes into force on 14th December 2005.