# The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022

S.S.I. 2022/86 · made 8 March 2022

This Order amends the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014 (“the 2014 Order”). The 2014 Order designates sports grounds, classes of sporting events played at those grounds and classes of sporting events outside Great Britain for the purposes of Part II of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (sporting events: control of alcohol etc.).

Made under: Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (Section 18)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/sports-grounds-and-sporting-events-designation-scotland-amendment-order-2022/pdf/ssi_20220086_en.pdf; Policy Note https://openlegislation.uk/sports-grounds-and-sporting-events-designation-scotland-amendment-order-2022/pdf/ssipn_20220086_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Sports Grounds And Sporting Events
Made 8th March 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 10th March 2022
Coming into force 5th May 2022
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022 and comes into force on 5 May 2022.

## 2 Amendment of the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014

(1) The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014 is amended as follows.
(2) In schedule 1 (sports grounds)—
(a) omit the following entries—
“
Allan Park
Cove
The Bet Butler Stadium
Dumbarton
Energy Assets Arena
Livingston
Excelsior Stadium
Airdrie
New Douglas Park
Hamilton
Pennypit Park
Prestonpans
Rugby Park
Kilmarnock
St Mirren Park
Paisley
Spartans Academy, Ainslie Park
Edinburgh
”
(b) insert the following entries at the appropriate places—
“
Ainslie Park Stadium
Edinburgh
Alliance Park
Bellshill
Balmoral Stadium
Aberdeen
BBSP Stadium
Kilmarnock
moreroom.com Stadium
Dumbarton
Christie Gillies Park
Edinburgh
Foys Stadium
Hamilton
Lesser Hampden
Glasgow
New Central Park
Kelty
New Dundas Park
Bonnyrigg
Newtown Park
Bo’ness
The Reigart Stadium
Coatbridge
Simple Digital Arena
Paisley
Tony Macaroni Arena
Livingston
”
(3) In schedule 2 (classes of sporting events), in paragraph 4—
(a) in sub-paragraph (g), omit “or”,
(b) in sub-paragraph (h), for “.” substitute “; or”,
(c) after sub-paragraph (h) insert—
“(i) the UEFA Europa Conference League.”.

## Signature

KEVIN STEWART
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
8th March 2022

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014 (“the 2014 Order”). The 2014 Order designates sports grounds, classes of sporting events played at those grounds and classes of sporting events outside Great Britain for the purposes of Part II of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (sporting events: control of alcohol etc.).
Article 2(2) of this Order makes changes to the list of sports grounds designated in the 2014 Order to reflect changes to the names of several of the previously designated grounds. Further, it removes some of the previously designated grounds, and adds additional grounds, to reflect changes to the membership of the football leagues for which the home grounds of member clubs were designated in the 2014 Order.
Article 2(3) of this Order adds association football matches in the competition for the UEFA Europa Conference League to the list of classes of sporting events designated in the 2014 Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2022/86 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/sports-grounds-and-sporting-events-designation-scotland-amendment-order-2022
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