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Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 1587

Sports grounds and sporting events, england and wales

The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2007

Made

27th May 2007

Laid before Parliament

4th June 2007

Coming into force

6th July 2007

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975(1), makes the following Order. In accordance with section 18(4) of that Act she has consulted with such persons as appear to her to be requisite.

Citation and Commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 6th July 2007.

Designation

2.  The sports grounds specified in the Schedule (being sports grounds in England at which association football matches are played, which are occupied by a club which is a member of the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited, and which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, have accommodation for more than 5,000 spectators) are designated as sports grounds requiring a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.

Tessa Jowell

Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

27th May 2007

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Sports GroundOccupier of Sports Ground

New Stadium

Oteley Road

Shrewsbury

SY3 9NB

Shrewsbury Town Football Club

Victoria Road Stadium

Victoria Road

Dagenham

Essex

RM10 7XL

Dagenham and Redbridge Football Club

Stadium MK

Stadium Way West

Milton Keynes

MK1 1ST

Milton Keynes Dons Football Club

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the New Stadium in Shrewsbury, occupied by Shrewsbury Town Football Club; Victoria Road Stadium in Dagenham, occupied by Dagenham and Redbridge Football Club; and Stadium MK, occupied by Milton Keynes Dons Football Club, as sports grounds requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.

(1)

1975 c. 52; section 1was amended by section 19 of and Schedule 2 to the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27); see also the Safety of Sports Grounds (Accommodation of Spectators) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/499).