Point in time view as at 01/03/2012. This version of this provision has been superseded.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 (repealed), Section 10.
(1)As well as applying to anything done in Scotland by any person, section 1(1) also applies to anything done outside Scotland by a person who is habitually resident in Scotland.
(2)As well as applying to anything done in Scotland by any person, section 6(1) also applies to a communication made by a person from outside Scotland if the person intends the material communicated to be read, looked at, watched or listened to primarily in Scotland.
(3)Where an offence under section 1(1) or 6(1) is committed outside Scotland, the person committing the offence may be prosecuted, tried and punished for the offence—
(a)in any sheriff court district in which the person is apprehended or in custody, or
(b)in such sheriff court district as the Lord Advocate may direct,
as if the offence had been committed in that district (and the offence is, for all purposes incidental to or consequential on the trial and punishment, deemed to have been committed in that district).
Commencement Information
I1S. 10 in force at 1.3.2012 by S.S.I. 2012/20, art. 2
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