General

• Can standing be reintroduced at Premier and Championship grounds?
• How do I apply for a ground to be designated or de-designated?
• How do I calculate the safe capacity of a ground?
• What is a designated ground?
• What is a regulated stand?
• What is a safety certificate?
• What is the SGSA role at FA cup matches where a Premier or Football League club are drawn away to non-league opposition?
• What is the purpose of the SGSA licence?
• What parts of the ground should be covered by the safety certificate
• Which grounds require the SGSA licence?
• To which events does the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985 apply
• Where can I find information on training for stewards, supervisors and safety officers
• What action should ground management take to ensure that concourses remain free of slip hazards?
• Should a safety certificate include a requirement for the holder to produce a traffic management plan?
• Why does the SGSA continue to advise that changes to safety certificates must be advertised in the local press?
• Does the requirement to advertise changes to safety certificates extend to advertising changes made to an operations manual.

Policing at Football Grounds

• What does the legislation on sports ground safety say about conditions in the safety certificate
  issued by the local authority?
• On what basis do the police attend events at the ground?
• Must a safety certificate contain conditions relating to policing?
• What does the legislation on sports ground safety say about policing?
• What does the legislation on policing say?
• Is it compulsory for the ground management to request the presence of the police at the ground?
• What is the statement of intent?
• Is the statement of intent a request for police services?
• Can the local authority prevent a match taking place if the police decline to attend or if the
  ground management refuses to invite them in?
• What happens if there is a dispute between the ground management and the police over payment?
• For what can the police charge?
• What was the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Reading Festival Limited v West Yorkshire
  Police (the Mean Fiddler case)?
• What was the judgment of the Court in Greater Manchester Police v Wigan Athletic?
• Who is in charge in the control point / control room?

Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds

• Should the auxiliary power supply at a sports ground be capable of supplying the entire load for a minimum of three hours or is it sufficient to provide an auxiliary power supply to just the safety related installations?
• Where can I find information about the tests and inspections to be undertaken by ground management before and after an event?