Scottish Statutory Instruments
Sports Grounds And Sporting Events
Made
31st August 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
2nd September 2022
Coming into force
31st October 2022
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1. This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2022 and comes into force on 31 October 2022.
2.—(1) The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014(2) is amended as follows.
(2) In schedule 1 (sports grounds)—
(a)omit the following entries—
| “Claggan Park | Fort William |
| Victoria Park | Innerleithen”, |
(b)insert the following entries at the appropriate places—
| “Foresters Park | Tranent |
| Penny Cars Stadium | Airdrie |
| Spain Park | Aberdeen”. |
MAREE TODD
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
31st August 2022
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014 (“the 2014 Order”). The 2014 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 list of sports grounds designated in the 2014 Order, to reflect changes to the membership of the football leagues for which the home grounds of member clubs were designated in the 2014 Order.
1995 c. 39. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). Section 18 has been modified by paragraph 2 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).
S.S.I. 2014/5, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2014/374 and S.S.I. 2022/86.