Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27)

Part II E+W+S Safety of Sports Grounds

Extent Information

E1 Except as provided by an order under section 50 subsection (5) Part II of this Act does not extend to the Isles of Scilly.

Designation: spectator capacity E+W+S

20 Designation of grounds; variation in qualifying spectator capacity. E+W+S

After section 1(1) of the principal Act (designation of sports grounds with spectator capacity of more than 10,000) there shall be inserted the following subsections—

“(1A) The Secretary of State may by order substitute, for the number for the time being specified in subsection (1) above, such other number as he considers appropriate; but no order made under this subsection shall affect the validity of any designation previously made.

(1B) An order under subsection (1A) above may make different substitutions for different classes of sports ground.”