Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 2011
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 2011 c. 6 |
| Year | 2011 |
is to continue in being, butinstead of being called the Football Licensing Authority is to be called the Sports Grounds Safety Authority.(2) Schedule 1 contains further provisions relating to the Authority.(3) The expenses of the Authority are to be paid by the Secretary of State.may provide relevant advice to a Minister of the Crown, andif requested to do so by a Minister of the Crown, must provide relevant advice to that Minister.advice in relation to safety at sports grounds generally, oradvice with respect to the exercise of any of the functions of the Minister in question under the enactments specified in subsection (3) .the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975,Part 3 of the Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sport Act 1987 (safety of stands at sports grounds) , andthe Football Spectators Act 1989.local authorities, orsubject to subsection (2) , other bodies or persons.a Minister of the Crown, ora body or person specified in section 4(1) (a) , (b) or (c) .the government of a territory outside the United Kingdom,an international organisation, ora body or person not falling within paragraph (a) or (b) whose functions, activities or responsibilities relate in whole or in part to the safety of sports grounds outside England and Wales.the provision of the advice is at the request of the body or person concerned, andthe Secretary of State consents to the provision of the advice.section 4 (advice to bodies or persons outside England and Wales) , orif the advice is provided at the request of the recipient, section 3 (advice to bodies or persons in England and Wales) .(2) A fee charged under subsection (1) must not exceed the cost of providing the advice.(3) Fees received by the Authority by virtue of subsection (1) are to be treated for the purposes of section 1(3) as reducing the expenses of the Authority.generally,in relation to any particular advice, orin relation to advice of a particular description.“local authority” and “sports ground” have the same meaning as in the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 (see section 17(1) of that Act) , and“Minister of the Crown” has the same meaning as in the Ministers of the Crown Act 1975.(1) Schedule 2 contains consequential amendments.(2) Schedule 3 contains repeals and revocations.(1) This Act extends to England and Wales only (subject to subsection (2) ) .(2) An amendment or repeal of a provision by Schedule 2 (consequential amendments) or 3 (repeals and revocations) has the same extent as that provision.(1) Part 1 and the Schedules come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.appoint different days for different purposes;include transitional or saving provisions.(3) This Part comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.This Act may be cited as the Sports Grounds Safety Authority Act 2011. The Authority is a body corporate.as the servant or agent of the Crown, oras enjoying any status, privilege or immunity of the Crown;The Authority may do anything which is calculated to facilitate the discharge of its functions, or is incidental or conducive to their discharge.a person appointed by the Secretary of State to chair the Authority, andat least 4 but not more than 8 other members appointed by the Secretary of State.Before appointing a person to be a member of the Authority, the Secretary of State must be satisfied that the person will have no such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially the performance of the person's functions as a member.From time to time the Secretary of State must check that each member has no such interest.(4) A person who is, or whom the Secretary of State proposes to appoint to be, a member of the Authority must, whenever requested by the Secretary of State to do so, supply the Secretary of State with such information as the Secretary of State considers necessary for the performance of the duties under paragraph 3.(5) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, a person appointed under paragraph
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