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"Ground" means this football stadium and all
locations owned, occupied or utilised by the Club.
"Club
" means this football club.
"Match
" means any association football match taking place at the Ground.
1. The Ground Regulations incorporate the Club's Customer Charter.
2. Permission to enter or to remain within the Ground (notwithstanding
possession of any ticket) is at the absolute discretion of the Club, any police
officer or authorised steward. On no account will admission be granted to a
person who is the subject of a current Banning Order under the Football
Spectators Act 1989 (as amended).
3. The Club excludes to the maximum extent permitted by law any liability for
loss, injury or damage to persons/property in or around the Ground.
4. No guarantees can be given by the Club that a Match will take place at a
particular time or on a particular date and the Club reserves the right to
reschedule the Match without notice and without any liability whatsoever.
5. In the event of the postponement or abandonment of the Match, refunds (if
any) will be made in accordance with the Club's Customer Charter and/or the
terms and conditions under which the tickets were issued. The Club will have no
further liability whatsoever, including (but not limited to) any indirect or
consequential loss or damage, such as (but not limited to) loss of enjoyment or
travel costs.
6. All persons seeking entrance to the Ground acknowledge the Club's right to
search any person entering the Ground and to refuse entry to or eject from the
Ground any person refusing to submit to such a search.
7. The following articles must not be brought within the Ground - knives,
fireworks, smoke canisters, air-horns, flares, bottles, weapons, dangerous or
hazardous items, laser devices, bottles, glass vessels, cans, poles and any
article that might be used as a weapon and/or compromise public safety. Any
person in possession of such items will be refused entry to the Ground.
8. A person entering the Ground may only occupy the seat allocated to them by
their ticket and must not move from any one part of the Ground to another
without the express permission or instruction of any steward, officer of the
Club and/or any police officer. Any individual who has entered any part of the
Ground designated for the use of any group of supporters to which he does not
belong may be ejected from the Ground either for the purposes of his own safety
or for any other reason.
9. Nobody may stand in any seating area whilst play is in progress. Persistent
standing in seated areas whilst play is in progress is strictly forbidden and
may result in ejection from the Ground.
10. The obstruction of gangways, access ways, exits and entrances, stairways
and like places is strictly forbidden. Nobody entering the Ground shall be
permitted to climb any structures within the Ground.
11. Smoking in No-Smoking areas is strictly forbidden.
12. The use of threatening behaviour, foul or abusive language
is strictly forbidden and will result in arrest and/or ejection from the
Ground. The Club may impose a ban for one or more Matches.
13. Racial, homophobic or discriminatory abuse, chanting or harassment is
strictly forbidden and will result in arrest and/or ejection from the Ground.
The Club may impose a ban for one or more Matches.
14. The following acts are arrestable offences under the Football (Offences)
Act 1991 (as amended) and conviction may result in a Banning Order being made:
14.1 The throwing of any object within the Ground without lawful authority or
excuse.
14.2 The chanting of anything of an indecent or racialist nature.
14.3 The entry onto the playing area or any adjacent area to which spectators
are not generally admitted without lawful authority or excuse.
15 Under the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985 (as amended),
the following are offences for which a person can be arrested by a police
officer and conviction could result in a Banning Order being made:
15.1 Attempting to enter the Ground or being inside the Ground whilst drunk;
15.2 Being in possession of any intoxicating liquor, or bottle, can or other
portable container which could cause damage or personal injury, when entering
the Ground or in a public area of the Ground from which the event can be
directly viewed.
16. No goods (including literature) of any nature may be offered either free or
for sale by any person within the Ground without the express written permission
of the Club.
17. No sponsorship, promotional or marketing materials may be brought into,
used or displayed by any person within the Ground without the express written
permission of the Club.
18. At all times whilst present in the Ground, persons must comply with any and
all instructions of any steward or officer of the Club and/or any police
officer. Failure to comply with any instruction may lead to immediate ejection
from the Ground.
19. Tickets are not transferable and may not be offered for sale without the
prior written permission of the Club. Any tickets offered for sale may be
confiscated by any steward, officer of the Club or any police officer.
20. Save as set out in paragraph 21 below, no person may bring
into (or use within) the Ground any equipment, which is capable of recording or
transmitting (by digital or other means) any audio, visual or audio-visual
material or any information or data in relation to the Match or any aspect of
it.
21. Mobile telephones are permitted within the Ground, provided that they are
used for personal and private use only.
22. CCTV cameras are in use around and in the Ground and the Club may itself
use or pass to the police or any Football Authority, any recordings for use in
any proceedings.
The Club reserves absolutely the right to refuse entry to
the Ground or eject from the Ground any person that fails (or in the Club's
reasonable opinion is likely to fail) to comply with any of the Ground
Regulations or whose presence within the Ground is, or could (in the Club's
reasonable opinion) constitute a source of danger, nuisance or annoyance to any
other person. This could lead to further action by the Club including, but not
limited to, the withdrawal of any season ticket (without reimbursement) and
other benefits.
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