Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 1568
Sports Grounds And Sporting Events, England And Wales
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2013
Made
24th June 2013
Laid before Parliament
27th June 2013
Coming into force
22nd July 2013
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the Football Spectators Act 1989( 1 ), makes the following Order.
She has consulted the Sports Grounds Safety Authority( 2 ) in accordance with section 11(4) of that Act.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2013 and comes into force on 22nd July 2013.
Direction
2. —(1) The Secretary of State directs the Sports Grounds Safety Authority as set out in paragraph (2).
(2) Any licence to admit spectators( 3 ) to the premises specified in column (1) of Schedule 1 and further identified in column (2) of that Schedule by the name of the football club of which it is the home ground, must include a condition imposing the requirements for the seating of spectators at designated football matches( 4 ) specified in Schedule 2.
Hugh Robertson
Minister of State
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
24th June 2013
Article 2(2)
SCHEDULE 1 Premises in respect of which a condition imposing requirements about the seating of spectators at designated football matches must be imposed
Table 1
(1) Address of the premises | (2) Football club of which the premises are the home ground |
|---|---|
Goldsands Stadium Dean Court Kings Park Bournemouth BH7 7AF | AFC Bournemouth Limited |
Article 2(2)
SCHEDULE 2 Requirements to be imposed
1. Only seated accommodation is to be provided for spectators at a designated football match.
2. Spectators shall only be admitted to watch a designated football match from seated accommodation.
1989 c. 37 ; section 1(6A) defines “the licensing authority” as meaning the Sports Grounds Safety Authority. Section 1(6A) was inserted by paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 2 to the Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 2011 (c. 6) .
The Sports Grounds Safety Authority was previously called the Football Licensing Authority, and is established by section 8, and schedule 2 to, the Football Spectators Act 1989. It was renamed the Sports Grounds Safety Authority under section 1(1) of the Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 2011.
“Licence to admit spectators” is defined in section 1(7) of the Football Spectators Act 1989.
See section 1(2) of the Football Spectators Act 1989 and the Football Spectators (Designation of Football Matches in England and Wales) Order 2000 ( S.I. 2000/3331 ).