2008 No. 379

SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS

The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008

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 commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2008 and comes into force on 12th December 2008.

Amendment of designation of sports grounds2

In Part I of Schedule 1 (sports grounds) to the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 20042–

a

after the entry for Forthbank Stadium, insert–

Galabank

Annan

b

omit the entry for Raydale Park, Gretna.

S MAXWELLAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2004 by designating Galabank, Annan as a sports ground for the purposes of Part II of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (sporting events: control of alcohol etc.). The Order also removes the designation of Raydale Park, Gretna. The amendments reflect changes to football clubs which are members of the Scottish Football League and the location of association football matches in that league.