7.—(1) The Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 2 (contents of safety certificates), after subsection (2A)(1) insert–
“(2B) No condition of a safety certificate shall require a person to contravene any provision of Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) or regulations made by virtue of that Part.”.
(3) In section 4 (amendment etc. of certificates)–
(a)after subsection (1) insert–
“(1A) The local authority shall, if it appears to them that a safety certificate would require a person to contravene any provision of Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) or regulations made by virtue of that Part, amend the safety certificate by notice in writing to its holder so as to remove the requirement.”; and
(b)in subsection (4) after “(1)(a)” insert “or (1A)”.
(4) After section 4 insert–
4A A safety certificate has no effect to the extent that it would require a person to contravene any provision of Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) or regulations made by virtue of that Part.”.
(5) In subsection (1) of section 9 (exclusion of other statutory requirements), in paragraph (e), for “those terms and conditions” substitute “the terms and conditions of the safety certificate”.
Subsection (2A) was inserted by the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27), section 21.