
1 
This Order may be cited as the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 31st July 1997.
2 
The sports grounds specified in the Schedule to this Order (being sports grounds in England 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, each of which in the opinion of the Secretary of State has accommodation for more than 5,000 spectators) are hereby designated as sports grounds requiring safety certificates under the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975.
3 
In the Schedule to the Safety of Sports Grounds (Designation) Order 1978, the entry in respect of Burnden Park, Bolton shall be omitted.
Chris Smith
Secretary of State for National Heritage
9th July 1997
SCHEDULE
Article 2


Address of Stadium Occupier of Stadium
Reebok Stadium Burnden Way Bolton BL6 6JW Bolton Wanderers
Pride Park Stadium Derby DE24 8XL Derby County
Stadium Park Sunderland SR5 1BT Sunderland
Britannia Stadium Stoke-on-Trent ST4 4EG Stoke City