Mad Eyed Screamer
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Ayrshire-Blue said:Unlike England and Wales where legislation regarding all seated stadia was introduced through the Taylor report report after Hillsborough, Scotland wasn't bound by this, the all seated rule was an SPL thing not legislation, and therefore it's easier for the SPL to allow standing areas, governments/lawyers etc dont need to be involved
Almost right!
The UK government at the time wanted to bring Scotland in line with the regulation and the Department for culture, media and sport (DCMS) decided that rather than bring in the regulation in Scotland, they would ''strongly advise'' the Scottish Premier League to 'voluntarily' have it included in the rules for being in the SPL that all stadiums have to be all seated. Failure to take on board this ''advice'' would have resulted in the SPL coming under the remit of the Football Licensing Authority (FLA) - which would have led to the regulation being forced upon the SPL teams.
Now the UK Government has no power in Scotland, the SPL can relax the all seated rule that they 'voluntarily' introduced and face no threats from DCMS or the FLA.
It really is great news and once it is shown to be successful, any arguement against introducing it in England & Wales will be blown apart....