Part 1 - Ground Capacity and Seating
1.1 Subject to paragraph 1.4 below, the ground capacity and number of seats under cover, as recorded in the safety certificate, must meet the following minimum criteria:
| Capacity | Seats | |
| Qualification criteria | 4,000 (with ability to reach 5,000) | 500 (with ability to reach 1,000) |
| Admission criteria | 5,000 | 1,000 (with ability to reach 2,000) |
| Membership criteria | 5,000 | 2,000 |
1.2 A new member club entering League 2 must comply with the Qualification Criteria and has until the 1st May in its first Season as a Member to meet the Admission Criteria set out in the above table.
1.3 Where such Club remains a Member of The League that Club shall have until 1st May in the third Season from the date of its admission to comply with the requirement to achieve a capacity in accordance with the Membership Criteria.
