The Safety of Sports Grounds (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Exclusion of other statutory requirements

21.—(1) While a general safety certificate under Part II is in force in relation to a sports ground, the relevant statutory provisions shall not apply to it.

(2) While a general safety certificate under Part III is in force for a regulated stand at a sports ground, the relevant statutory provisions shall not apply to it

(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the relevant statutory provisions are—

(a) section 37(1) of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890 (c. 59) (platforms for public occasions);

(b) any provision of the Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 (NI 11) or of a fire certificate issued under that Order in so far as it relates to any matter in relation to which requirements are imposed by the terms and conditions of the safety certificate; and

(c) any provision of a local Act in so far as it relates to any matter in relation to which requirements are imposed by those terms and conditions.

(4) Paragraph (5) applies where—

(a) a statutory provision provides for the licensing of premises of any class or description by reason of the use of such premises (“the relevant use”); and

(b) the authority responsible for licences under that provision is required or authorised to impose terms, conditions or restrictions in connection with such licences.

(5) So long as there is in operation with respect to the premises a safety certificate under Part II or III covering the relevant use of the premises, any term, condition or restriction imposed with respect to those premises in connection with any licence under the statutory provision in question shall be of no effect in so far as it relates to any matter in relation to which requirements are imposed by the terms and conditions of that certificate.

(6) A person required by or under a local Act to do anything that would involve a contravention of the terms or conditions of a safety certificate under Part II or III shall not be treated as having contravened that Act if he fails to do it.