2 Offences in connection with alcohol, containers etc. at sports grounds.

1

A person who has intoxicating liquor or an article to which this section applies in his possession—

a

at any time during the period of a designated sporting event when he is in any area of a designated sports ground from which the event may be directly viewed, or

b

while entering or trying to enter a designated sports ground at any time during the period of a designated sporting event at that ground,

is guilty of an offence.

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Subsection (1)(a) above has effect subject to section 5A(1) of this Act.

2

A person who is drunk in a designated sports ground at any time during the period of a designated sporting event at that ground or is drunk while entering or trying to enter such a ground at any time during the period of a designated sporting event at that ground is guilty of an offence.

3

This section applies to any article capable of causing injury to a person struck by it, being—

a

a bottle, can or other portable container (including such an article when crushed or broken) which—

i

is for holding any drink, and

ii

is of a kind which, when empty, is normally discarded or returned to, or left to be recovered by, the supplier, or

b

part of an article falling within paragraph (a) above;

but does not apply to anything that is for holding any medicinal product (within the meaning of the M1Medicines Act 1968).