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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/55/made</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2008</dc:title><dc:subject>Sports grounds</dc:subject><dc:subject>Rugby League</dc:subject><dc:subject>Rugby</dc:subject><dc:subject>Stadiums</dc:subject><dc:subject>Football</dc:subject><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2014-05-02</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS, ENGLAND AND WALES</dc:subject>
					<dc:description>This Order designates the Leigh Stadium in Leigh, occupied by Leigh RMI Football Club and Leigh Centurions Rugby League Club; Twickenham Stoop Stadium in Twickenham, occupied by Harlequins Football Club and Craven Park Stadium in Hull, occupied by Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The effect of the designations is that each stadium requires a safety certificate under section 1 of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975. The Order also de-designates The Boulevard in Hull with the effect that it will no longer require a safety certificate under section 1 of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.</dc:description>
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<Number>2008 No. 55</Number>
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<Title>SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS, ENGLAND AND WALES</Title>
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<Title>The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2008</Title>
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<DateText>14th January 2008</DateText>
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<Text>Laid before Parliament</Text>
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<Text>The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 18(2) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975<FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/>. In accordance with section 18(4) of that Act he has consulted with such persons as appear to him to be requisite.</Text></Para>
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<Text>This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 5<Superior>th</Superior> February 2008.</Text>
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<Text>The sports grounds specified in the Schedule which, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, have accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators are designated as sports grounds requiring a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.</Text>
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<Title>Amendment to the Safety of Sports Grounds (Rugby Football Grounds) (Designation) Order 1985</Title>
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<Text>In the Schedule to the Safety of Sports Grounds (Rugby Football Grounds) (Designation) Order 1985<FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/>, the entry in respect of The Boulevard shall be omitted.</Text>
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<Reference>Article 2</Reference>

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<tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><Para xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation"><Text>Leigh Stadium</Text></Para>
<Para xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation"><Text>Sale Way</Text></Para>
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<Para xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation"><Text>Twickenham</Text></Para>
<Para xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation"><Text>Middlesex</Text></Para>
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</td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1">Harlequins Football Club Ltd</td></tr><tr><td xmlns:fo="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Format" colspan="1" rowspan="1" fo:border-bottom-style="solid" fo:border-bottom-width="0.5pt" fo:border-bottom-color="black"><Para xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation"><Text>Craven Park Stadium</Text></Para>
<Para xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation"><Text>Preston Road</Text></Para>
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<P><Text>This Order designates the Leigh Stadium in Leigh, occupied by Leigh RMI Football Club and Leigh Centurions Rugby League Club; Twickenham Stoop Stadium in Twickenham, occupied by Harlequins Football Club and Craven Park Stadium in Hull, occupied by Hull Kingston Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The effect of the designations is that each stadium requires a safety certificate under section 1 of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975. The Order also de-designates The Boulevard in Hull with the effect that it will no longer require a safety certificate under section 1 of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.</Text></P>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1975/52" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1975" Number="0052">1975 c.52</Citation>; section 1 was amended by section 19 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1987/27" id="c00002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1987" Number="0027">1987 c.27</Citation>; see also the Safety of Sports Grounds (Accommodation of Spectators) Order 1996 (<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/499" id="c00003" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="0499"><Acronym Expansion="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</Acronym> 1996/499</Citation>).</Text></Para>
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<Para><Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1985/1064" id="c00004" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1985" Number="1064">S.I. 1985/1064</Citation>.</Text></Para>
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