Birmingham Commonwealth Games Act 2020

PART 1 Organising Committee

1 Financial assistance

(1) The Secretary of State may provide financial assistance to the Organising Committee—

(a) for the purpose of delivering the Games, or

(b) for any other purpose connected to, or arising from, the Games.

(2) Financial assistance under subsection (1)—

(a) may take the form of grants, loans, guarantees or indemnities, and

(b) may be given subject to conditions (which may include conditions about repayment with or without interest).

(3) In this Act—

• the “Games” are the Commonwealth Games that are to be held principally in Birmingham in 2022;

• “Games event” means—

  (a)

  an event forming part of the Games (whether or not a sporting event), or

  (b)

  any other event arranged by, or on behalf of, the Organising Committee;

• the “Organising Committee” is the organising committee formed as the private company limited by guarantee registered as “Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Ltd”.

2 Annual reporting

(1) As soon as is reasonably practicable after the end of each reporting period, the Organising Committee must send to the Secretary of State a report on the exercise of the Organising Committee’s functions during the period.

(2) The report must include—

(a) an assessment of the Organising Committee’s progress towards delivery of the Games;

(b) details of what the Organising Committee has done to ensure that its delivery of the Games promotes the values of the Commonwealth Games Federation;

(c) details of what the Organising Committee has done to ensure that Games events are accessible to disabled people;

(d) details of what the Organising Committee has done to promote sustainability in its delivery of the Games;

(e) details of what the Organising Committee has done to maximise the benefits to be derived from the Games.

(3) The reference in subsection (2) (b) to the values of the Commonwealth Games Federation is a reference to the values expressed in the constitution of the Commonwealth Games Federation, as amended from time to time.

(4) The Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a copy of each report received by the Secretary of State under this section.

(5) In this section “reporting period” means—

(a) the period beginning with the day on which this section comes into force and ending with 31 March 2021,

(b) the period beginning with 1 April 2021 and ending with 31 March 2022, and

(c) the period beginning with 1 April 2022 and ending with 31 December 2022.