2022 No. 86

Sports Grounds And Sporting Events

The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2022
Made
8th March 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
10th March 2022
Coming into force
5th May 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 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement
1
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 2014
2
1
The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014 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.
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KEVIN STEWART
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
8th March 2022

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.
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.