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 .

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
Article 2
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.

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
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