This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No 2) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 17th July 2006.
Specified date: 17 July 2006: see above.
The sports grounds specified in Schedule 1 (being sports grounds which in the opinion of the Secretary of State have accommodation for more than 10,000 spectators) are designated as sports grounds requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.
Specified date: 17 July 2006: see art 1.
The sports ground specified in Schedule 2 (being a sports ground in England at which association football matches are played, which is occupied by a club which is a member of the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited, and which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 5,000 spectators) is designated as a sports ground requiring a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.
Specified date: 17 July 2006: see art 1.
In Schedule 1 to the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1986, the entry in respect of St Helen's Ground shall be omitted.
Specified date: 17 July 2006: see art 1.
Tessa Jowell
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
22nd June 2006
| Sports Ground | Occupier of Sports Ground | ||
| Sixways Stadium Penshore Lane Hindlip Worcester WR3 8ZE | Worcester Rugby Football Club | ||
| Sophia Gardens Cardiff CF11 9XR | Glamorgan County Cricket Club | ||
Specified date: 17 July 2006: see art 1.
| Sports Ground | Occupier of Sports Ground | ||
| Emirates Stadium Drayton Park London N5 1BU | Arsenal Football Club | ||
Specified date: 17 July 2006: see art 1.
This Order designates the Sixways Stadium in Worcester, occupied by Worcester Rugby Football Club; Sophia Gardens in Cardiff, occupied by Glamorgan County Cricket Club; and the Emirates Stadium in London, occupied by Arsenal Football Club; as sports grounds requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.
This Order also de-designates St Helen's Ground in Swansea with the effect that it will no longer require a safety certificate under section 1(1) of the Act.
