LegalizeThe Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023
Made: 7th September 2023
Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 11th September 2023
Coming into force: 6th November 2023
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995[^f00001] and all other powers enabling them to do so.
Citation and commencement
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This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023 and comes into force on 6 November 2023.
Amendment of the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014
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- (1) The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014[^f00002] is amended as follows.
- (2) In schedule 1 (sports grounds)—
- (a) omit the following entries—
| BT Murrayfield Stadium | Edinburgh |
|---|---|
| Cliftonhill Stadium | Coatbridge |
| East End Park | Dunfermline |
| East Peffermill | Edinburgh |
| Foys Stadium | Hamilton |
| Islecroft Stadium | Dalbeattie |
| K Park | East Kilbride |
| Lochburn Park | Glasgow |
| Meadow Park | Castle Douglas |
| Netherdale 3G Arena | Galashiels |
| Penny Cars Stadium | Airdrie |
| Tulloch Caledonian Stadium | Inverness |
| Yarrow Park | Selkirk |
- (b) insert the following entries at the appropriate places—
| 3G Arena | Galashiels |
|---|---|
| Caledonian Stadium | Inverness |
| Edinburgh University Sports Union | Edinburgh |
| Excelsior Stadium | Airdrie |
| KDM Group East End Park | Dunfermline |
| K Park Training Academy | East Kilbride |
| New Douglas Park | Hamilton |
| Prestonfield | Linlithgow |
| Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium | Edinburgh |
Signed
MAREE TODD — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 7th September 2023
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order amends the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014 (“the 2014 Order”). The 2014 Order designates sports grounds, classes of sporting events played at those grounds and classes of sporting events outside Great Britain for the purposes of Part II of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (sporting events: control of alcohol etc.).
Article 2 (2) of this Order makes changes to the list of sports grounds designated in the 2014 Order, to reflect changes to the membership of the football leagues for which the home grounds of member clubs were designated in the 2014 Order.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1995 c. 39. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). Section 18 has been modified by paragraph 2 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).
[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2014/5, relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2014/374, S.S.I. 2022/86 and S.S.I. 2022/263.
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