
1 
This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Accommodation of Spectators) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 25th March 1996.
2 
The number 5,000 shall be substituted for the number specified in section 1(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 for the class of sports ground specified in article 3 below.
3 
The class of sports ground for which the number 5,000 shall be substituted consists of sports grounds in England and Wales at which association football matches are played and which are occupied by a club which is a member of the Football League Limited or the Football Association Premier League Limited.
Virginia Bottomley
Secretary of State for National Heritage
28th February 1996