Safety of Places of Sport Regulations 1988
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1988/1807 |
| Year | 1988 |
1988 No. 1807
SPORTS GROUNDS AND SPORTING EVENTS
The Safety of Places of Sport Regulations 1988
Made 21th October 1988
Laid before Parliament 31th October 1988
Coming into force 1st January 1989
In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 31(1) and (2) of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 19871, and after such consultation as is mentioned in section 31(4) of that Act, I hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Safety of Places of Sport Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 1st January 1989.
(2) These Regulations do not extend to the Isles of Scilly.
Interpretation
2. For the purposes of these Regulations “the 1987 Act” means the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987.
Applications
3.—(1) An application for a safety certificate shall be in the form contained in the Schedule to these Regulations or a form to the like effect and a separate application shall be made in respect of each regulated stand to which spectators are to be admitted.
(2) An application for the cancellation, amendment, replacement or transfer of a safety certificate shall be made in writing and, except in the case of an application for the cancellation of a safety certificate, shall set out the names and addresses of any persons who to the applicant’s knowledge will or may be concerned in ensuring compliance with the terms and conditions of a safety certificate as amended, replaced or transferred.
Notices by local authorities
4.—(1) As soon as practicable after a local authority have decided:
(a)
(a) to issue a safety certificate (including an issue by way of replacement of a safety certificate); or
(b)
(b) to amend a safety certificate; or
(c)
(c) to refuse to amend or replace a safety certificate,
they shall serve on every interested party notice in writing of their decision setting out the information referred to in paragraph (6) below, together, in the case of a refusal, with their reasons for it.
(2) Where on an application for a special safety certificate a local authority have determined to refuse that application on grounds other than the one set out in section 28(9) of the 1987 Act, they shall as soon as practicable after that refusal, serve on the applicant notice in writing of their decision, together with their reasons for it.
(3) Where on an application for the transfer of a safety certificate a local authority:
(a)
(a) determine that the person to whom it is proposed to transfer the certificate is not a qualified person, they shall, in addition to the notice referred to in section 29(5) of the 1987 Act, serve on the holder of the certificate a copy of that notice;
(b)
(b) determine that the person to whom it is proposed to transfer the certificate is a qualified person but decide not to transfer the certificate, they shall serve on that person and the holder of the certificate notice in writing of their decision together with their reasons for it.
(4) As soon as practicable after a local authority have decided to refuse an application for the cancellation of a safety certificate under section 29(1)(a) of the 1987 Act, they shall serve on the applicant notice in writing of their decision together with their reasons for it.
(5) As soon as practicable after a local authority have issued a notice under section 29(1)(a) of the 1987 Act cancelling a safety certificate, they shall serve a copy of the notice on the persons referred to in subparagraphs (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph (8) below.
(6) A notice served under paragraph (1) above shall state that a copy of the safety certificate and a copy of any application in respect of which the local...
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