Scottish Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 261 (C. 25)
Sports Grounds And Sporting Events
The Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2012
Made 26th September 2012
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 28th September 2012
Coming into force 29th November 2012

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 49(2) of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act 2008.
2008 asp 4.

Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act 2008 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2012 and comes into force on 29th November 2012.

Appointed day
2. The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act 2008 specified in column 1 of the Schedule (the subject matter being specified in column 2) is 29th November 2012.
ALEX NEIL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
26th September 2012
SCHEDULE
Column 1	Column 2
Provision	Subject matter
Section 17	Ban on ticket touting
Section 18	Exception for certain advertisers etc.
Section 20(1) to (3)	Authorised ticket sales
Section 22	General enforcement power
Section 23	Restrictions on general enforcement power
Section 24	Power to enter and search
Section 25	Use of reasonable force
Section 26	Further restrictions on entering houses
Section 27	Power to obtain information
Section 28	Requirement to produce authority
Section 29	Test purchases
Section 30(1) and (3)	Compensation and recovery of costs
Section 31	Obstructing an enforcement officer
Section 32	Police powers
Section 34(2)	Mode of trial
Section 35(2)	Penalties
Section 36	Offences by bodies corporate etc.
Article 2

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 29th November 2012 those provisions of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act 2008 (“the Act”) that are specified in the Schedule to the Order.
In particular, the Order brings into force the following provisions—
section 17 which makes it an offence to tout a Commonwealth Games ticket and this applies to acts done in or outwith Scotland;
section 18 which provides an exception for certain advertisers etc.;
section 20(1) to (3) which makes provision in relation to the authorisation of ticket sales;
sections 22 to 32 (except 30(2)) which make provision in relation to enforcement;
section 34(2) which provides that ticket touting offences and obstruction offences are triable only summarily;
section 35(2) which provides that a person convicted of a ticket touting offence or an obstruction offence is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale; and
section 36 which makes provision in relation to offences by bodies corporate etc.
Sections 43 and 47 to 51 of the Act came into force on Royal Assent which was received on 10th June 2008.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Act 2008 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 1	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 2(3)	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 3	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 4	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 5	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 6	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 9	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 10(2)	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 11(4)	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 12	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 13	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 14	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 16	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 19	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 20(4)	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 21	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 30(2)	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 33	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 37	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 38	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 39	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 40	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 41	20th June 2008	S.S.I. 2008/245
Section 42	20th June 2008	S.S.I. 2008/245
Section 44	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 45	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377
Section 46	13th November 2009	S.S.I. 2009/377