UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Act 2020

JurisdictionScotland
Citation2020 asp 1
Year2020
(1) In this Act—
  • the “Championship” means the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) European Championship that is to be held, in part, in Glasgow ...,
  • F2the “Championship period” means the period of not more than 42 days, and ending not later than 31 December 2022, specified in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers,
  • a “Championship ticket” means any ticket, card, electronic device or other thing which entitles an individual to attend an event which is held as part of the Championship (whether or not held in Scotland) ,
  • an “event zone” means any one of—
    • (a) the Hampden Park zone,
    • (b) the George Square zone,
    • (c) the Merchant City zone,
    as defined in regulations made by the Scottish Ministers.
(2) Other terms and expressions used in this Act are set out in section 34.(1) It is an offence to tout a Championship ticket (“the touting offence”) .in relation to the sale, or proposed sale, of a Championship ticket for an amount exceeding the ticket's face value, or with a view to making a profit.selling a Championship ticket,offering to sell a Championship ticket,exposing a Championship ticket for sale,advertising that a Championship ticket is available for purchase,making a Championship ticket available for sale by another person, andgiving away (or offering to give away) a Championship ticket on condition that the person given the ticket pays a booking fee or other charge or acquires some other goods or services.falls within subsection (3) , andis not done for an amount exceeding the ticket's face value.(5) This section applies to acts done in or outwith Scotland.the amount of any booking fee or other charge imposed as a condition of sale,the amount payable for any other goods or services which are to be acquired as a condition of sale, andthe market value of any goods or services received in exchange for the ticket.(7) The reference in subsection (2) (b) to making a profit is, where the act is done by a person other than the person disposing of the ticket, to be read as a reference to assisting the person disposing of the ticket to make or attempt to make a profit.by a charity, orby a person other than a charity, provided that the proceeds of the ticket's sale are given to a charity.a body which is registered in the Scottish Charity Register, oris established under the law of F3any territory outwith Scotland,is managed or controlled wholly or mainly outwith Scotland, andmeets F4either the condition set out in subsection (3) or the condition set out in subsection (4) .(3) This condition is that the body is registered in a register corresponding to the Scottish Charity Register.the body’s purposes consist only of one or more of the charitable purposes set out in section 7(2) of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005, andthe body provides public benefit within the meaning given by section 8 of that Act.sell the ticket for an amount exceeding the ticket's face value, ormake a profit as a result of the sale, and(b) A does not, and could not reasonably be expected to, know B's intention.
  • The Scottish Ministers may by regulations specify circumstances in which making facilities available in connection with electronic communications or the storage of data is, or is not, to be capable of constituting a touting offence.
  • (1) It is an offence to trade within an event zone at a prohibited time (“the trading offence”) .(2) The trading offence

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