The Glasgow Commonwealth Games (Trading and Advertising) (Scotland) Regulations 2013

Advertising undertaken or authorised by the Organising Committee

17.—(1) The Organising Committee may authorise persons to advertise in a way which would otherwise constitute an advertising offence.

(2) Subject to these Regulations, the Organising Committee has an absolute discretion in respect of each application for authorisation.

(3) The Organising Committee must have regard to the provisions of the Host City Contract before engaging in advertising activity or granting an authorisation under this regulation.

(4) The Organising Committee’s right to engage in advertising activity and any authorisation granted by it under this regulation are subject to all the following conditions—

(a) that the advertiser holds any advertising licence required for the advertising activity in question

(b) that no advertisement is sited or displayed so as to—

(i) endanger persons using any road, railway, waterway, dock, harbour or aerodrome (civil or military);

(ii) obscure, or hinder the ready interpretation of, any traffic sign, railway signal or aid to navigation by water or air; or

(iii) hinder the operation of any device used for the purpose of security or surveillance or for measuring the speed of any vehicle;

(c) that the advertiser maintains any advertisement in a condition that does not—

(i) impair the visual amenity of the site; or

(ii) endanger the public.