2022 No. 86

Sports Grounds And Sporting Events

The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022

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 2022 and comes into force on 5 May 2022.

Amendment of the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 20142

1

The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 20142 is amended as follows.

2

In schedule 1 (sports grounds)—

a

omit the following entries—

Allan Park

Cove

The Bet Butler Stadium

Dumbarton

Energy Assets Arena

Livingston

Excelsior Stadium

Airdrie

New Douglas Park

Hamilton

Pennypit Park

Prestonpans

Rugby Park

Kilmarnock

St Mirren Park

Paisley

Spartans Academy, Ainslie Park

Edinburgh

b

insert the following entries at the appropriate places—

Ainslie Park Stadium

Edinburgh

Alliance Park

Bellshill

Balmoral Stadium

Aberdeen

BBSP Stadium

Kilmarnock

moreroom.com Stadium

Dumbarton

Christie Gillies Park

Edinburgh

Foys Stadium

Hamilton

Lesser Hampden

Glasgow

New Central Park

Kelty

New Dundas Park

Bonnyrigg

Newtown Park

Bo’ness

The Reigart Stadium

Coatbridge

Simple Digital Arena

Paisley

Tony Macaroni Arena

Livingston

3

In schedule 2 (classes of sporting events), in paragraph 4—

a

in sub-paragraph (g), omit “or”,

b

in sub-paragraph (h), for “.” substitute “; or”,

c

after sub-paragraph (h) insert—

i

the UEFA Europa Conference League.

KEVIN STEWARTAuthorised to sign by the Scottish MinistersSt Andrew’s House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(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 names of several of the previously designated grounds. Further, it removes some of the previously designated grounds, and adds additional grounds, to reflect changes to the membership of the football leagues for which the home grounds of member clubs were designated in the 2014 Order.

Article 2(3) of this Order adds association football matches in the competition for the UEFA Europa Conference League to the list of classes of sporting events designated in the 2014 Order.