The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012

Made23rd May 2012

Laid before the Scottish Parliament25th May 2012

Coming into force23rd June 2012

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 2012 and comes into force on 23rd June 2012.

Amendment of the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 20102.

(1)

The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 20102 is amended as follows.

(2)

In Schedule 1 (sports grounds)—

(a)

omit the following entries—

Almondvale Stadium	Livingston
Forthbank Stadium	Stirling
New Bayview Park	Methil;

(b)

insert the following entries at the appropriate places—

Bayview Stadium	Methil
The Braidwood Motor Company Stadium	Livingston
Doubletree Dunblane Stadium	Stirling; and

(c)

after “Victoria Park” where it second appears, insert “Stadium”.

(3)

After paragraph 6 of Part I of Schedule 2 (classes of sporting events), insert—

“7.
Association football matches in Scotland where the match is part of the Games of the Thirtieth Olympiad which take place in 2012.”.

SHONA ROBISON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

23rd May 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2010 (“the 2010 Order”). The 2010 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 designated sporting grounds in the 2010 Order to reflect changes to the names of the home grounds of football clubs which are members of the Scottish Football League.

Article 2(3) of this Order makes changes to the designated sporting events in the 2010 Order by inserting an entry for association football matches in Scotland where the match is part of the Olympic Games which take place in 2012.