UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Act 2026

Final provisions

36 Ancillary provision

(1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make any incidental, supplementary, consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provision they consider appropriate for the purposes of, in connection with or for giving full effect to this Act or any provision made under it.

(2) Regulations under this section may modify any enactment (including this Act).

37 Regulation-making powers

(1) Any power of the Scottish Ministers to make regulations conferred by this Act includes power to make—

(a) different provision for different purposes,

(b) different provision for different areas.

(2) Regulations under section 36—

(a) which add to, replace or omit any part of the text of an Act are subject to the affirmative procedure,

(b) otherwise, are subject to the negative procedure.

(3) Regulations under sections 5(2), 6(3) and 12(3) are subject to the affirmative procedure.

(4) Regulations under sections 1(1), 29(4) and 32 are subject to the negative procedure.

38 Interpretation

In this Act—

• “advertise” and “advertising” are to be construed in accordance with section 13,

• “advertisement” means any word, letter, image, mark, sound, light, model, sign, placard, board, notice, screen, awning, blind, flag, device, costume or representation—

  (a)

  whether illuminated or not, and

  (b)

  in the nature of, and employed wholly or partly for the purposes of, advertisement, promotion, announcement or direction,

• “advertising licence” has the meaning given by section 15(2),

• “the advertising offence” has the meaning given by section 12(1),

• “advertising regulations” has the meaning given by section 12(3),

• “ambush marketing” means an act or series of acts intended specifically to advertise within an event zone at a prohibited time—

  (a)

  a good or service, or

  (b)

  a person who provides a good or service,

• “article” includes a living thing,

• “building” does not include—

  (a)

  a caravan, marquee, stall, tent or other temporary or moveable structure,

  (b)

  a building (or part of a building) which is designed or used generally as a car park,

  (c)

  a telephone kiosk,

• “Championship” has the meaning given by section 1(1),

• “Championship offence” has the meaning given by section 18(1)(a),

• “Championship period” has the meaning given by section 1(1),

• “Championship ticket” has the meaning given by section 1(1),

• “constable” has the meaning given by section 99(1) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012,

• “enforcement officer” has the meaning given by section 17(1),

• “event zone” has the meaning given by section 1(1),

• “existing street trader” has the meaning given by section 7(4),

• “house”—

  (a)

  means any building (or part of a building), flat, mobile home, houseboat, caravan or other place which is occupied only as a separate dwelling,

  (b)

  does not include any yard, garden, garage, outbuilding or other similar area or structure,

• “infringing article” has the meaning given by section 18(3),

• “newspaper” excludes a newspaper whose sole or principal effect is to advertise a good or service, or a person who provides a good or service, in an event zone at a prohibited time,

• “the obstruction offence” has the meaning given by section 30,

• “open public place” means—

  (a)

  a road, or

  (b)

  another place—

  (i)

  to which the public have access (whether generally or only for the purpose of the trading), and

  (ii)

  which is not in a building (except one designed or generally used for the parking of cars),

• “performance of a play” means performance of any dramatic piece, whether improvisational or not—

  (a)

  given wholly or in part by one or more persons actually present and performing, and

  (b)

  in which the whole or a major proportion of what is done by the person performing, whether by way of speech, singing or action, involves the playing of a role,

• “public entertainment” means—

  (a)

  a performance of live music for members of the public,

  (b)

  any playing of recorded music for members of the public,

  (c)

  a performance of dance for members of the public,

  (d)

  a performance of a play for members of the public,

  (e)

  any entertainment of a similar description to that in paragraphs (a) to (d),

• “the touting offence” has the meaning given by section 2,

• “trade” and “trading” are to be construed in accordance with section 7,

• “trading licence” means—

  (a)

  a street trader’s licence granted by Glasgow City Council under section 39 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982,

  (b)

  a market operator’s licence granted by Glasgow City Council under section 40 of that Act, or

  (c)

  a certificate granted under the Pedlars Act 1871,

• “the trading offence” has the meaning given by section 6,

• “the trading regulations” means regulations made under section 6(3),

• “UEFA” means the Union des Associations Européennes de Football,

• “UEFA Partner” means a person or body who is party to a sponsorship or licence agreement with UEFA in relation to a good or service in respect of the Championship.

39 Commencement

(1) This section and sections 36 to 38, 40 and 41 come into force on the day after Royal Assent.

(2) The other provisions of this Act come into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations appoint.

40 Repeal

(1) This Act ceases to have effect on 31 December 2028.

(2) If the duties under section 35 are not carried out by 31 December 2028, the duties continue to apply (despite the repeal of that section under subsection (1)) until the earlier of—

(a) the end of the day on which the report is published, or

(b) 31 December 2030.

41 Short title

The short title of this Act is the UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Act 2026.