Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 1374
Sports Grounds And Sporting Events
The Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2015
Made
8th June 2015
Laid before Parliament
11th June 2015
Coming into force
3rd August 2015
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975( 1 ).
In accordance with section 18(4) of that Act, he has consulted with such persons or bodies of persons as appear to him to be requisite.
Title and commencement
1. The title of this Order is the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2015 and it comes into force on 3rd August 2015.
Designation
2. The Hive Stadium, Camrose Avenue, Edgware, Middlesex, HA8 6AG, being a sports ground—
(a) in England and Wales,
(b) at which association football matches are played,
(c) which is occupied by Barnet Football Club, a member of the Football League Limited, and
(d) which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 5,000 spectators( 2 ),
is designated as a sports ground requiring a safety certificate under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.
Tracey Crouch
Minister for Sport and Tourism
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
8th June 2015
1975 c.52 ; section 1(1) was amended by Schedule 2 to the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (c.27) . The functions of the Secretary of State were, so far as exercisable in relation to Scotland, transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) .
The Safety of Sports Grounds (Accommodation of Spectators) Order 1996 ( S.I. 1996/499 ) substituted the number 5,000 for the number specified in section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 in respect of a sports ground in England and Wales at which association football matches are played and which is occupied by a club which is a member of either the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited.