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Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985
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[F11A Alcohol on certain other vehicles.E+W
(1)This section applies to a motor vehicle which—
(a)is not a public service vehicle but is adapted to carry more than 8 passengers, and
(b)is being used for the principal purpose of carrying two or more passengers for the whole or part of a journey to or from a designated sporting event.
(2)A person who knowingly causes or permits [F2alcohol] to be carried on a motor vehicle to which this section applies is guilty of an offence—
(a)if he is its driver, or
(b)if he is not its driver but is its keeper, the servant or agent of its keeper, a person to whom it is made available (by hire, loan or otherwise) by its keeper or the keeper’s servant or agent, or the servant or agent of a person to whom it is so made available.
(3)A person who has [F2alcohol] in his possession while on a motor vehicle to which this section applies is guilty of an offence.
(4)A person who is drunk on a motor vehicle to which this section applies is guilty of an offence.
(5) In this section— “ keeper ”, in relation to a vehicle, means the person having the duty to take out a licence for it under [F3 the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 ] , “ motor vehicle ” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads, and “ public service vehicle ” has the same meaning as in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act M1 1981. ]
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F1S. 1A inserted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
F2Words in s. 1A(2)(3) substituted (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 97(b) (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2)
F3Words in s. 1A(5) substituted (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 63, 66, Sch. 3 para. 20 (with s. 57(4))
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