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<Text>This section applies to expenditure if a person carrying on a qualifying activity has incurred it in taking required safety precautions in respect of a stand at a sports ground—</Text>
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<Text>the use of which requires a safety certificate under Part III of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/27" id="c00008" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1987" Number="0027">1987 (c. 27)</Citation>, and</Text>
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<Text>A person takes required safety precautions in respect of the stand at the sports ground if—</Text>
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<Text>a safety certificate has been issued under the 1987 Act for the stand, and</Text>
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<Text>A person also takes required safety precautions in respect of the stand at the sports ground if—</Text>
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<Text>he has been sent or given a document by or on behalf of the local authority for the area in which the sports ground is situated,</Text>
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<Text>the document specifies steps which, if taken, would—</Text>
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<Text>be taken into account by the local authority in deciding what terms and conditions to include in a safety certificate to be issued under the 1987 Act for the stand, or</Text>
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