This Standard contains recommendations and requirements for the lighting of places, both indoors and outdoors, where sport is played. It includes general principles and recommendations for sports lighting, descriptions of suitable types of lighting equipment, and requirements regarding methods for the assessment or measurement or sports lighting installations.This Standard is intended to be read in conjunction with the applicable Standard in the AS 2560.2 series covering the sport of interest. Taken together, these Standards cater for the requirements of different levels of play, e.g. recreational, training, club, national and international, and provide for the visual requirements of participants, officials and spectators, as appropriate.This Standard does not detail the special requirements of lighting for colour television broadcasting.This Standard makes recommendations, but does not set requirements, regarding obtrusive light released into the environment from sports lighting installations. (See Clause 2.8.4).