The Glasgow Commonwealth Games (Trading and Advertising) (Scotland) Regulations 2013

Trading permitted without authorisation

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7.—(1) The following trading activities are permitted without authorisation—

(a)selling current newspapers;

(b)activity undertaken or controlled by the Organising Committee on enclosed land which is a Games location;

(c)selling or delivering an article, or supplying a service, to a person in premises adjoining a road;

(d)selling a motor vehicle on private land generally used for the sale of motor vehicles;

(e)supplying motor vehicle cleaning services on private land generally used for the supply of those services;

(f)supplying motor vehicle parking services in a building designed or on other land designed or generally used for the parking of motor vehicles;

(g)supplying motor vehicle breakdown and recovery services;

(h)providing a public sanitary convenience;

(i)providing a permanent telephone kiosk;

(j)providing an automated teller machine in or from a building for cash withdrawals and other banking services;

(k)trading as a walking tour operator;

(l)supplying public transport services, including tourist services but not including supplying pedicabs; and

(m)activity on land adjacent to exempt retail premises provided that the activity—

(i)forms part of the usual business of the owner of the premises or a person assessed for rating in respect of the premises; and

(ii)takes place during the period for which the premises are open to the public for business.

(2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply to—

(a)selling current newspapers in a street if the selling is done from a receptacle that causes undue interference or inconvenience to persons using the street; or

(b)selling a newspaper if the purchaser is provided with an article or advertising supplement accompanying the newspaper.

(3) In this regulation—

“exempt retail premises” means a building normally used as—

(a)

a shop;

(b)

a restaurant or bar or otherwise used for the supply of meals, refreshments or alcohol to the public; or

(c)

a petrol filling station;

“sanitary convenience” means closet or urinal;

“supplying pedicabs” means supplying pedal operated tricycles for hire;

“tourist services” means public transport services primarily for the benefit of tourists; and

“walking tour operator” means a person who supplies services to the public comprising tours of an area on foot.