PART IISAFETY OF DESIGNATED SPORTS GROUNDS
Designation of sports grounds4
1
The Department may by order designate as a sports ground requiring a safety certificate any sports ground which in its opinion has accommodation for more than 5,000 spectators.
2
The Department may by order substitute, for the number for the time being specified in paragraph (1), such other number as it considers appropriate.
3
An order under paragraph (2)—
a
may make different substitutions for different classes of sports ground; but
b
does not affect the validity of any designation previously made.
4
The Department—
a
may estimate, by any means which it considers appropriate, for how many spectators a sports ground has accommodation; and
b
may require any person concerned with the management of a sports ground to provide the Department within such reasonable time as it may specify with such information as it considers necessary for the purpose of making such an estimate.
5
A safety certificate may be either—
a
a certificate issued by the council for the district in which a sports ground is situated in respect of the use of the sports ground for 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 issued by that council in respect of the use of the sports ground for an activity or a number of activities specified in the certificate on an occasion or series of occasions so specified.