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The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2005 No. 1751
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
2005 No. 1751
SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2005
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Made |
29th June 2005 | |
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Laid before Parliament |
30th June 2005 | |
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Coming into force |
1st August 2005 | |
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 11(1) to (3) of the Football Spectators Act 1989[
1], and after consulting with the Football Licensing Authority in accordance with section 11(4) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.
This Order may be cited as the Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st August 2005.
Direction
2.
—(1) The Secretary of State hereby directs the Football Licensing Authority as set out in paragraph (2) below.
(2) When granting any licence to admit spectators[
2] 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 they are the home ground, it shall include a condition imposing the requirements, as respects the seating of spectators at designated football matches[
3], specified in Schedule 2.
Tessa Jowell
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
29th June 2005
SCHEDULE 1Article 2(2)
PREMISES IN RESPECT OF WHICH A CONDITION IMPOSING REQUIREMENTS AS RESPECTS THE SEATING OF SPECTATORS AT DESIGNATED FOOTBALL MATCHES SHALL BE IMPOSED
(1) Address of the premises
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(2) Football club of which the premises are the home ground
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Coventry City Football Club
Ricoh Arena
Phoenix Way
Coventry
CV6 6AQ
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Coventry City Football Club |
Hull City Football Club
Kingston Communications Stadium
Walton Street
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU3 6HU
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Hull City Football Club |
SCHEDULE 2Article 2(2)
REQUIREMENTS TO BE IMPOSED
1.
Only seated accommodation shall be provided for spectators at a designated football match.
2.
Spectators shall only be admitted to watch a designated football match from seated accommodation.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order directs the Football Licensing Authority to include in any licence to admit spectators to the football grounds specified in Schedule 1 a condition imposing the requirements specified in Schedule 2 as respects the seating of spectators at designated football matches. "Designated football matches" are those association football matches designated by the Secretary of State under the powers conferred by section 1(2) of the Football Spectators Act 1989, and they include all association football matches played at the premises specified in Schedule 1 of this Order.
Notes:
[1]
1989 c. 37.back
[2]
A "licence to admit spectators" is defined in section 1(7) of the Football Spectators Act 1989.back
[3]
"Designated football match" is defined in section 1(2) of the Football Spectators Act 1989 and S.I. 2000/3331.back
ISBN
0 11 073037 2
| © Crown copyright 2005 |
Prepared
7 July 2005
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