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UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Act 2026

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Introductory

    1. 1.Meaning of key terms

  3. Ticket touting

    1. 2.Ban on ticket touting

    2. 3.Exception for charity auctions

    3. 4.Exception for certain advertisers etc.

    4. 5.Exceptions for providers of information society services etc.

  4. Street trading etc.

    1. 6.Ban on outdoor trading within event zones

    2. 7.Trading activities and places

    3. 8.Trading permitted in prescribed circumstances

    4. 9.Existing trading licences

    5. 10.Alternative arrangements where existing trading banned during Championship

    6. 11.Guidance and information about trading

  5. Advertising

    1. 12.Ban on advertising within event zones

    2. 13.Advertising activities and places

    3. 14.Advertising permitted in prescribed circumstances

    4. 15.Existing advertising licences

    5. 16.Guidance and information about advertising

  6. Enforcement powers

    1. 17.Enforcement officers

    2. 18.General enforcement powers

    3. 19.Restrictions on power to seize infringing article

    4. 20.Restrictions on power to conceal infringing article

    5. 21.Restrictions on power to destroy infringing article

    6. 22.Power to enter and search

    7. 23.Enforcement officers: assistance

    8. 24.Use of reasonable force

    9. 25.Further restrictions on entering houses

    10. 26.Power to obtain information

    11. 27.Requirement to produce evidence of identity and authority

    12. 28.Test purchases

    13. 29.Compensation and recovery of costs

    14. 30.Obstructing an enforcement officer

    15. 31.Police powers

    16. 32.Action under sections 18 to 28: procedure

  7. Enforcement of offences

    1. 33.Penalties

    2. 34.Individual culpability where offending by an organisation

  8. Review of Act

    1. 35.Review of Act

  9. Final provisions

    1. 36.Ancillary provision

    2. 37.Regulation-making powers

    3. 38.Interpretation

    4. 39.Commencement

    5. 40.Repeal

    6. 41.Short title

    1. Schedule 1

      Touting offence: exceptions for providers of information society services etc.

      1. 1.Preconditions for taking proceedings against service providers established in EEA state

      2. 2.Exception for mere conduit

      3. 3.Exception for caching

      4. 4.Exception for hosting

      5. 5.Interpretation

    2. Schedule 2

      Trading offence: exemptions for certain types of trading

      1. 1.Types of trading exempt from trading offence

      2. 2.Paragraph 1(a) does not apply to— (a) selling newspapers in...

      3. 3.Interpretation

      4. 4.In this schedule— “busking” means a performance of live music...

    3. Schedule 3

      Advertising offence: exemptions for certain types of activity

      1. 1.Exemption for demonstrations, etc.

      2. 2.Exemption for individuals wearing advertising attire, displaying advertisements on their bodies or carrying personal property

      3. 3.Exemptions modelled on the Town and Country Planning Regulations

      4. 4.Exemption for hand-held devices

      5. 5.Other exemptions

      6. 6.Interpretation

    4. Schedule 4

      Compensation for enforcement action

      1. 1.Amount of compensation due

      2. 2.Notice of claim

      3. 3.Initial consideration of claim

      4. 4.Decision on a claim

      5. 5.Review of decision on a claim

      6. 6.Appeal to the sheriff

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