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The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2026

S.S.I. 2026/247 · Made 1 September 2026

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SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS

Made 1st September 2026

Laid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd September 2026

Coming into force 29th October 2026

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 18(1) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995f1 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1995 c. 39. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). Section 18 has been modified by paragraph 2 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2026 and comes into force on 29 October 2026.

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

(1)

The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In schedule 1 (sports grounds)—

(a)

omit the following entries—

“

Ferguson ParkRosewell
New Douglas ParkHamilton
ScotFoam Stadium at Dens ParkDundee

”,

(b)

insert the following entries at the appropriate places—

“

Barrfields ParkLargs
Beechwood ParkCumnock
Bellsdale ParkBeith
Blairmount ParkNewton Stewart
Buffs ParkKilwinning
Dens ParkDundee
Hamilton Community StadiumHamilton
Islecroft StadiumDalbeattie
Keanie ParkJohnstone
Keirs ParkCowdenbeath
Newlandsfield ParkGlasgow
New Western ParkRenfrew
Olivebank ArenaMusselburgh
Portland ParkTroon
Recreation GroundInvergordon
Thomson ParkDundee
Townhead ParkCumnock
Westfield ParkStirlingshire

”.

Signature

MAREE TODD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

1st September 2026

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 membership of the football leagues for which the home grounds of member clubs were designated in the 2014 Order.