The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025
Source: legislation.gov.uk (2025-11-13)

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.).

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2025 No. 262

Sports Grounds And Sporting Events

The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025

Made

16th September 2025

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

18th September 2025

Coming into force

13th November 2025

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 18(1) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995(1 (\"#f00001\")) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2025 and comes into force on 13 November 2025.

Amendment of the Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014

2.—(1) The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) (Scotland) Order 2014(2 (\"#f00002\")) is amended as follows.

(2) In schedule 1 (sports grounds)—

(a)omit the following entries—

“3G ArenaGalashielsAinslie Park StadiumEdinburghBayview StadiumMethilCappielow ParkGreenockDens Park StadiumDundeeExcelsior StadiumAirdrieFirhill StadiumGlasgowGayfield ParkArbroathK Park Training AcademyEast KilbrideLesser HampdenGlasgowmoreroom.com StadiumDumbartonPrestonfieldLinlithgowSimple Digital ArenaPaisleyStair ParkStranraerStation ParkForfarTony Macaroni ArenaLivingston”,

(b)insert the following entries at the appropriate places—

“3G Arena NetherdaleGalashielsThe Albert Bartlett StadiumAirdrieThe Alpha Projects Stadium at Station ParkForfarCappielow Park Supported by Dalrada TechnologyGreenockThe City StadiumGlasgowForthbank StadiumStirlingOchilview ParkStenhousemuirThe Eco Gen Stadium at Stair ParkStranraerThe Greenversity Stadium at Gayfield ParkArbroathHolm ParkClydebankHome of the Set Fare ArenaLivingstonMarbill Coaches StadiumDumbartonMGM Timber Bayview StadiumMethilPrestonfield StadiumLinlithgowThe Ross Commercial Finance K Park StadiumEast KilbrideScotFoam Stadium at Dens ParkDundeeThe SMISA StadiumPaisleyVanloq Community StadiumEdinburghThe Wyre Stadium at FirhillGlasgow”.

MAREE TODD

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House

Edinburgh

16th September 2025

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

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.

(1)

1995 c. 39 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/39\"). 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) (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1998/46\"). Section 18 has been modified by paragraph 2 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10) (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2010/10\").

(2)

S.S.I. 2014/5 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2014/5\"), relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2014/374 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2014/374\"), S.S.I. 2022/86 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2022/86\"), S.S.I. 2022/263 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2022/263\"), S.S.I. 2023/257 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2023/257\") and S.S.I. 2024/352 (\"http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2024/352\").