Statutory Instruments
SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS
Made
19th December 1989
Laid before Parliament
29th December 1989
Coming into force
19th January 1990
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1(1) and 18(2) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975((1)), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and, as required by section 18(4) of that Act, after consultation with such persons or bodies of persons as appear to him to be requisite, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1989 and shall come into force on 19th January 1990.
2. The stadium in Scotland specified in the Schedule to this Order, being a sports stadium which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators, is hereby designated as a stadium requiring a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.
3. The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1983((2)) is hereby revoked.
Michael B Forsyth
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
19th December 1989
Article 2
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates McDiarmid Park, Perth as a stadium which requires a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.
This Order also revokes the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (Scotland) Order 1983 which designated Muirton Park, Perth as a stadium requiring a safety certificate under the 1975 Act.
1975 c. 52; section 1(1) was amended by Schedule 2 to the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c. 27)
S.I. 1983/1013