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Part VS Sporting Events: Control of Alcohol Etc.

68 Designation of sports grounds and sporting events.S

(1)The Secretary of State may for the purposes of this Part of this Act by order designate—

(a)a sports ground or a class of sports ground;

(b)a sporting event, or a class of sporting event, at that ground or at any of that class of ground:

Provided that a sporting event at which all the participants take part without financial or material reward and to which all spectators are admitted free of charge shall not be subject to an order under this section; but this proviso is without prejudice to the order’s validity as respects any other sporting event.

[F1(c)a sporting event, or a class of sporting event, taking place outside Great Britain:]

(2)The power to make an order under subsection (1) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

69 Alcohol on vehicle travelling to or from sporting event.S

Where a public service vehicle [F2or railway passenger vehicle] is being operated for the principal purpose of conveying passengers [F2for the whole or part of a journey] to or from a designated sporting event, then—

(a)any person in possession of alcohol on the vehicle shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding [F3level 3 on the standard scale] or both;

(b)if alcohol is being carried on the vehicle and the vehicle is on hire to a person, he shall, subject to section 71 of this Act, be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F3level 3 on the standard scale]; and

(c)any person who is drunk on the vehicle shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F4level 2 on the standard scale].

70 Liability of vehicle operator and his employees and agents.S

Notwithstanding section 92 of the M1Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 (restriction on carriage of alcoholic liquor in crates on contract carriages), but subject to section 71 of this Act, if the operator of a public service vehicle which is being operated as mentioned in section 69 of this Act, either by himself or by his employee or agent permits alcohol to be carried on the vehicle, the operator and, as the case may be, the employee or agent shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F5level 3 on the standard scale].

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

[F670A Alcohol on certain other vehicles.S

(1)This section applies to a motor vehicle which is not a public service vehicle but is adapted to carry more than 8 passengers and is being operated for the principal purpose of conveying two or more passengers for the whole or part of a journey to or from a designated sporting event.

(2)Any person in possession of alcohol on a vehicle to which this section applies shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or both.

(3)Any person who is drunk on a vehicle to which this section applies shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

(4)Any person who permits alcohol to be carried on a vehicle to which this section applies and—

(a)is the driver of the vehicle, or

(b)where he is not its driver, is the keeper of the vehicle, the employee or agent of the keeper, a person to whom it is made available (by hire, loan or otherwise) by the keeper or the keeper’s employee or agent, or the employee or agent of a person to whom it is so made available. shall, subject to section 71 of this Act, be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.]

71 Defences in connection with carriage of alcohol.S

Where a person is charged with an offence under section 69(b) [F7, 70 or 70A(4)] of this Act, it shall be a defence for him to prove that the alcohol was carried on the vehicle without his consent or connivance and that he did all he reasonably could to prevent such carriage.

Textual Amendments

72 Possession of container at sporting event.S

(1)Any person who—

(a)is in possession of a controlled container in; or

(b)while in possession of a controlled container, attempts to enter,

the relevant area of a designated sports ground at any time during, the period of a designated sporting event, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 60 days or to a fine not exceeding [F8level 3 on the standard scale] or both.

(2)In subsection (1) above, the term “controlled container” means any bottle, can or other portable container, whether open or sealed, which is, or was in its original manufactured state, capable of containing liquid and is made from such material or is of such construction, or is so adapted, that if it were thrown at or propelled against a person it would be capable of causing some injury to that person; but the term does not include a container holding a medicinal product for a medicinal purpose.

(3)In subsection (2) above, “medicinal product” and “medicinal purpose” have the meanings assigned to those terms by section 130 of the M2Medicines Act 1968.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

[F972A Possession of fireworks etc. at sporting events.S

(1)Any person who has entered the relevant area of a designated sports ground and is in possession of a controlled article or substance at any time during the period of a designated sporting event shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)Any person who, while in possession of a controlled article or substance, attempts to enter the relevant area of a designated sports ground at any time during the period of a designated sporting event at the ground shall be guilty of an offence.

(3)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 60 days or to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or both.

(4)It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above to show that he had lawful authority to be in possession of the controlled article or substance.

(5)In subsections (1) and (2) above “controlled article or substance” means—

(a)any article or substance whose main purpose is the emission of a flare for purposes of illuminating or signalling (as opposed to igniting or heating) or the emission of smoke or a visible gas; and in particular it includes distress flares, fog signals, and pellets and capsules intended to be used as fumigators or for testing pipes, but not matches, cigarette lighters or heaters; and

(b)any article which is a firework.]

73 Possession of alcohol at sporting event.S

Any person who—

(a)is in possession of alcohol in; or

(b)while in possession of alcohol, attempts to enter,

the relevant area of designated sports ground at any time during the period of a designated sporting event, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 60 days or to a fine not exceeding [F10level 3 on the standard scale] or both.

Textual Amendments

74 Drunkenness at sporting event.S

Any person who—

(a)is drunk in; or

(b)while drunk, attempts to enter,

the relevant area of a designated sports ground at any time during the period of a designated sporting event shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F11level 2 on the standard scale].

Textual Amendments

75 Police powers of enforcement.S

For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Part of this Act, a constable shall have the power without warrant—

(a)to enter a designated sports ground at any time during the period of a designated sporting event;

(b)to search a person who he has reasonable grounds to suspect is committing or has committed an offence under this Part of this Act;

(c)to stop and search a vehicle where he has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under section 69 [F12, 70 or 70A] of this Act is being or has been committed;

(d)to arrest a person who he has reasonable grounds to suspect is committing or has committed an offence under this Part of this Act;

(e)to seize and detain—

(i)with its contents (if any), a controlled container as defined in section 72(2) of this Act;. . . F13

(ii)with its contents, any other container if he has reasonable grounds to suspect that those contents are or include alcohol

[F14; or]

(iii)

[F14a controlled article or substance as defined in section 72A(5) of this Act.]

[X176 Presumption as to contents of container.S

(1)For the purposes of any trial in connection with an alleged contravention of any provision of this Part of this Act, any liquid contained in a container (sealed or open) shall, subject to subsection (2) below, be presumed to conform to the description of the liquid on the container.

(2)Subsections (3) to (6) of section 127 of the M3Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 (right of accused to challenge presumption as to contents) shall apply in relation to subsection (1) above as they apply in relation to subsection (2) of that section.]

Editorial Information

X1S. 76 commencing “Section 127 of” substituted (prosp) for S.76 commencing “(1) For the” by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 39:1), ss. 74(1), 75, Sch. 8 para. 30

Marginal Citations

Prospective

[F1576 Presumption as to contents of container.S

Section 127 of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 shall apply for the purposes of any trial in connection with an alleged contravention of any provision of this Part of this Act as it applies for the purposes of any trial in connection with an alleged contravention of any provision of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F15S. 76 commencing “Section 127 of” substituted (prosp) for S.76 commencing “(1) For the” by Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 40, SIF 39:1), ss. 74(1), 75, Sch. 8 para. 30

77 Interpretation of Part V.S

In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

(a)the driver if he owns the vehicle; and

(b)in any other case the person for whom the driver works (whether under a contract of employment or any other description of contract personally to do work);

(a)to which spectators attending a designated sporting event are granted access on payment; or

(b)from which a designated sporting event may be viewed directly;