PART IISAFETY OF DESIGNATED SPORTS GROUNDS

Contents of safety certificate5

1

A safety certificate shall contain such terms and conditions as the council considers necessary or expedient to secure reasonable safety at the sports ground when it is in use for the specified activity or activities, and the terms and conditions may be such as to involve alterations or additions to the sports ground.

2

In so far as an order under Article 25 so requires as respects any class of sports ground, a safety certificate shall include such terms and conditions as may be provided for in the order.

3

No condition of a safety certificate shall require the provision of the services at the ground of any police officers unless the extent of the provision of their services is reserved for the determination of the Chief Constable.

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No condition of a safety certificate shall require a person to contravene any provision of Part III of the Fire and Rescue Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 or regulations made under it.

4

Without prejudice to paragraph (1), a safety certificate may include a condition that records shall be kept—

a

of the attendance of spectators at the sports ground; and

b

relating to the maintenance of safety at the sports ground.

5

A general safety certificate shall contain or have attached to it a plan of the sports ground and the terms and conditions in the certificate or in any special safety certificate issued for the sports ground shall be framed, where appropriate, by reference to that plan.

6

A safety certificate may include different terms and conditions in relation to different activities.

7

Nothing in a safety certificate shall derogate from any requirements imposed by regulations under Article 19(2).