PART 3Touting, advertising and trading offences

Supplementary and general

23Guidance and information

(1)The Organising Committee must publish guidance about the operation of the advertising and trading provisions.

(2)In subsection (1) “the advertising and trading provisions” means—

(a)sections 13 to 19,

(b)the remaining provisions of this Part, so far as relating to those sections, and

(c)any regulations made under any provision referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

(3)The Organising Committee may revise guidance published in accordance with subsection (1).

(4)Every local authority must—

(a)provide a copy of any guidance published in accordance with subsection (1) to each relevant trader in the authority’s area who the authority consider may be affected by section 16 (the trading offence), and

(b)provide each such relevant trader with whatever information the authority consider appropriate for the purpose of assisting the relevant trader to mitigate the effect of that section.

(5)In subsection (4) “relevant trader”, in relation to a local authority, means—

(a)a person who holds a trading licence granted by the authority, or

(b)a person—

(i)who has applied to the authority for such a licence, and

(ii)whose application has not been determined or withdrawn.