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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium - Licence To Stand

its in the certificate terms that the LA can close (withdraw) at any time- there is also a section on the SAG.

https://sgsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Safety-Certification-Guidance.pdf

"If the chief officer of police believes that police officers need to attend a particular event, but the management of the sports ground disagrees, the local authority must consider whether the absence of police would adversely affect safety at the ground. It should consider any mitigating measures offered by the ground management. It is for the certificate holder to satisfy the local authority that the event can proceed safely without the police being present. If the local authority is not satisfied, it could close part or all of the sports ground or reduce its permitted capacity to a level that it considers reasonably safe for the event concerned. The options available to the local authority are described in section 7 below."

and I would be very surprised if it didn't have recommendations from the Saftey Advisory Group within the certificate.


However, the licence does not restrict the local authority from including whatever conditions in the safety certificate it considers necessary or expedient to secure the reasonable safety at the ground. The local authority could close or limit the capacity of a sports ground for safety reasons, notwithstanding that the area in question had been licensed by the SGSA

We have to work with the local authority and emergency services going forward. Us arguing with a decision and threatening legal action would damage that relationship, would be unlikely to be successful, would make things harder for us going forward and get lots of bad publicity.
 
Thanks. That seems to answer my initial question and suggest there is an existing legal measure they can use, rather than simply "we don't want it to happen"


I guess the next question is that if we and the LA want the game to happen (and I can seeplenty of £-shaped reasons why they would), then it goes ahead, right?
yes its all to do with the LA - I could imagine our Insurance has a clause regarding police presence but that may not be a thing.

Issue would be if something goes wrong and the LA did not get police OK they will be pulled over the coals - as you said they are risk adverse.
 
yes its all to do with the LA - I could imagine our Insurance has a clause regarding police presence but that may not be a thing.

Issue would be if something goes wrong and the LA did not get police OK they will be pulled over the coals - as you said they are risk adverse.

I was going to say the same thing. Even if you could stage an event against police advice, the insurance costs would be astronomical, if you could get cover.
 
A La the Finchley Boys and the Stranglers? I like it!

Can see that flying over a few heads :rolleyes:

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