Ticket touting

3Exception for charity auctions

(1)

The touting offence does not apply in relation to the sale of a Championship ticket in an auction conducted—

(a)

by a charity, or

(b)

by a person other than a charity, provided that the proceeds of the ticket's sale are given to a charity.

(2)

In subsection (1), “charity” means—

(a)

a body which is registered in the Scottish Charity Register, or

(b)

a body which—

(i)

is established under the law of F1any territory outwith Scotland,

(ii)

is managed or controlled wholly or mainly outwith Scotland, and

(iii)

meets F2either the condition set out in subsection (3) or the condition set out in subsection (4) .

F3(3)

This condition is that the body is registered in a register corresponding to the Scottish Charity Register.

(4)

This condition is that, if there is no such register in the territory where the body is established—

(a)

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, and

(b)

the body provides public benefit within the meaning given by section 8 of that Act.