The UEFA European Championship (Trading and Advertising) (Scotland) Regulations 2020

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Act 2020 makes it an offence to trade (other than in a building) in an event zone at a prohibited time (“the trading offence”). It also makes it an offence to advertise in an event zone at a prohibited time (“the advertising offence”). An event zone means any one of (a) the Hampden Park zone, (b) the George Square zone, (c) the Merchant City Zone, as defined in these Regulations. Further details are included in schedule 1.

These Regulations make further provision as follows—

Part 1 provides as to introductory matters.

Part 2 prescribes activities which will be treated as trading, and exempts certain types of trading from the trading offence. In particular—

• regulation 4 specifies what is to be “trading”,

• regulation 5 provides as to prohibited times,

• regulation 6 provides exceptions.

Part 3 makes provision in relation to advertising within event zones. It exempts certain types of advertising from the advertising offence. In particular—

• regulation 8 provides as to prohibited times,

• regulations 9 to 12 provide exceptions including for demonstrations and campaigns etc., for adverts displayed on personal belongings etc., for adverts not falling within the Euro 2020 Product Categories, and for certain adverts in relation to which planning controls apply, and

Schedule 1 defines each event zone by reference to a map. The maps are set out in schedule 3.

Schedule 2 states what are the prohibited times in respect of each event zone.

Schedule 4 sets out the list of Euro 2020 Product Categories of goods or services.