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| Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Department of Culture, Media and Sport |
| ISBN | 9780117020740 |
The Green Guide is a UK Government funded guidance book on spectator safety at sports grounds. It was created in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster.
The Guide provides detailed guidance to ground management, technical specialists such as architects and engineers and all relevant authorities to assist them assess how many spectators can be safely accommodated within a sports ground.
It has no statutory force but many of its recommendations will be given force of law at individual grounds by their inclusion in General Safety Certificates issued under the 'Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975' or the 'Fire Safety and Safety of Places of Sports Act 1987'.
The concept of the 'Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds' is widely attributed to Lord Wheatley who, at paragraph 69 of his Report, said:
"While not seeking to set out a code of practice in the sense of statutory regulations which have to be observed in all cases, I have, with the assistance of the Technical Support Group, provided what should be regarded as guidelines towards a proper standard. I trust that these will be of benefit both to clubs in deciding what they should do in making improvements, and to licensing authorities in deciding what should be looked for."[1]
It is written by the Football Licensing Authority and commissioned by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Policy Safety Guide". Football Safety. http://www.footballsafety.com/policysafetyguide.htm. Retrieved 18 December 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds". FLAWeb.org.uk. http://www.flaweb.org.uk/docs/publications/nflapubs/safeguid.php. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
