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

Interpretation of Part 2

3.—(1) In this Part—

(a) any reference (however phrased) to selling an article includes a reference to offering or exposing an article for sale;

(b) any reference (however phrased) to supplying a service includes a reference to offering to supply a service;

(c) “motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in section 185 of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1);

(d) “open public place” means—

(i) a road; or

(ii) another place—

(aa) to which the public have access (whether generally or only for the purpose of the trading); and

(bb) which is not in a building (except one designed or generally used for the parking of cars);

(e) “performance of a play” means performance of any dramatic piece, whether improvisational or not—

(i) given wholly or in part by one or more persons actually present and performing; and

(ii) in which the whole or a major proportion of what is done by the person performing, whether by way of speech, singing or action, involves the playing of a role;

(f) “public entertainment” means entertainment of one of the following descriptions provided for members of the public—

(i) a performance of live music;

(ii) any playing of recorded music;

(iii) a performance of dance;

(iv) a performance of a play;

(v) any entertainment of a similar description to that in heads (i) to (iv);

(g) “selling an article” includes trading by a person acting as a pedlar whether or not under the authority of a pedlar’s certificate granted under the Pedlars Act 1871(2);

(h) “trading activity” means activity which, in terms of regulation 4, is to be treated as trading for the purposes of the trading offence.

(1)

1988 c.52.

(2)

1871 c.96.