9 Interpretation.

(1)

The following provisions shall have effect for the interpretation of this Act.

(2)

“Designated sports ground” means any place—

(a)

used (wholly or partly) for sporting events where accommodation is provided for spectators, and

(b)

for the time being designated, or of a class designated, by order made by the Secretary of State;

and an order under this subsection may include provision for determining for the purposes of this Act the outer limit of any designated sports ground.

(3)

“Designated sporting event”—

(a)

means a sporting event or proposed sporting event for the time being designated, or of a class designated, by order made by the Secretary of State, and

(b)

includes a designated sporting event within the meaning of Part V of the M1Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980;

and an order under this subsection may apply to events or proposed events outside Great Britain as well as those in England and Wales.

(4)

The period of a designated sporting event is the period beginning two hours before the start of the event or (if earlier) two hours before the time at which it is advertised to start and ending one hour after the end of the event, but—

(a)

where an event advertised to start at a particular time on a particular day is postponed to a later day, the period includes the period in the day on which it is advertised to take place beginning two hours before and ending one hour after that time, and

(b)

where an event advertised to start at a particular time on a particular day does not take place, the period is the period referred to in paragraph (a) above.

F1(5)

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(6)

This Act does not apply to any sporting event or proposed sporting event—

(a)

where all competitors are to take part otherwise than for reward, and

(b)

to which all spectators are to be admitted free of charge.

F2(7)

An expression used in this Act and in the Licensing Act 2003 has the same meaning in this Act as in that Act.

(8)

Any power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.