13.—(1) This Part applies in relation to a sports ground which—
(a)provides accommodation in stands for spectators, and
(b)is not a designated sports ground.
(2) A safety certificate is required in respect of the use, at a sports ground in relation to which this Part applies, of each stand which provides accommodation for 500 or more spectators to view activities at the ground; but one certificate may be issued in respect of several such stands.
(3) The Department may by order amend paragraph (2) by substituting a smaller number for the number for the time being specified in it.
(4) A stand in respect of the use of which a safety certificate under this Part is required is referred to in this Part as a “regulated stand”.
(5) It shall be the function of the council—
(a)to determine whether any, and if so, which of the stands at a sports ground in its district is a regulated stand; and
(b)to issue safety certificates.
(6) In determining whether any stand at a sports ground in its district is a regulated stand the council may apply any criteria which are appropriate for that purpose.
(7) In discharging their function of determination as respects the stands at sports grounds in their districts, councils shall act in accordance with such guidance as the Department may give them.
(8) A final determination of a council that a stand at a sports ground is a regulated stand shall be conclusive of the question subject only to an appeal under Article 17.
(9) A safety certificate in respect of the use of a regulated stand at a sports ground may be either—
(a)a certificate in respect of the use of the stand for viewing an activity or a number of activities specified in the certificate during an indefinite period commencing with a date so specified; or
(b)a certificate in respect of the use of the stand for viewing an activity or a number of activities specified in the certificate on an occasion or series of occasions so specified;
and any reference in this Order to a safety certificate’s being “for” a stand is a reference to its covering the use of the stand for viewing an activity or activities during an indefinite period or, as the case may be, on an occasion or occasions.