2023 No. 257

Sports Grounds And Sporting Events

The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023

Made

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

Coming into force

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 19951 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement 1

This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023 and comes into force on 6 November 2023.

Amendment of the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014 2

1

The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 20142 is amended as follows.

2

In schedule 1 (sports grounds)—

a

omit the following entries—

BT Murrayfield Stadium

Edinburgh

Cliftonhill Stadium

Coatbridge

East End Park

Dunfermline

East Peffermill

Edinburgh

Foys Stadium

Hamilton

Islecroft Stadium

Dalbeattie

K Park

East Kilbride

Lochburn Park

Glasgow

Meadow Park

Castle Douglas

Netherdale 3G Arena

Galashiels

Penny Cars Stadium

Airdrie

Tulloch Caledonian Stadium

Inverness

Yarrow Park

Selkirk

b

insert the following entries at the appropriate places—

3G Arena

Galashiels

Caledonian Stadium

Inverness

Edinburgh University Sports Union

Edinburgh

Excelsior Stadium

Airdrie

KDM Group East End Park

Dunfermline

K Park Training Academy

East Kilbride

New Douglas Park

Hamilton

Prestonfield

Linlithgow

Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium

Edinburgh

MAREE TODDAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014 (“the 2014 Order”). The 2014 Order designates sports grounds, classes of sporting events played at those grounds and classes of sporting events outside Great Britain for the purposes of Part II of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (sporting events: control of alcohol etc.).

Article 2(2) of this Order makes changes to the list of sports grounds designated in the 2014 Order, to reflect changes to the membership of the football leagues for which the home grounds of member clubs were designated in the 2014 Order.