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Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995
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- s. 30(8) added by 2010 asp 13 s. 200(2)(a)
- s. 45(6) added by 2010 asp 13 s. 200(2)(c)
- s. 46(5) added by 2010 asp 13 s. 200(2)(d)(ii)
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20 Sporting events: controls.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 level 3 on the standard scale or both.
(2)Any person who—
(a)is in possession of alcohol in; or
(b)while in possession of alcohol, 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 level 3 on the standard scale or both.
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(7)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 level 2 on the standard scale.
(8)In this section—
F5...
“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 [F6or veterinary medicinal product] for a medicinal purpose.
“medicinal product”and “medicinal purpose” have the meanings assigned to those terms by section 130 of the M1Medicines Act 1968.
[F7“veterinary medicinal product” has the meaning assigned to that term by regulation 2 of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 20(3) repealed (6.6.2023) by The Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 (Consequential Modifications, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/157), regs. 1(1), 2(a) (with reg. 3)
F2S. 20(4) repealed (6.6.2023) by The Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 (Consequential Modifications, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/157), regs. 1(1), 2(a) (with reg. 3)
F3S. 20(5) repealed (6.6.2023) by The Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 (Consequential Modifications, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/157), regs. 1(1), 2(a) (with reg. 3)
F4S. 20(6) repealed (6.6.2023) by The Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 (Consequential Modifications, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/157), regs. 1(1), 2(a) (with reg. 3)
F5Words in s. 20(8) repealed (6.6.2023) by The Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 (Consequential Modifications, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/157), regs. 1(1), 2(b) (with reg. 3)
F6S. 20(8): words in definition of "controlled container" inserted (1.10.2006) by The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 44(3), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 11(a) (with regs. 2(4), 3)
F7S. 20(8): definition of "veterinary medicinal product" inserted (1.10.2006) by The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 44(3), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 para. 11(b) (with regs. 2(4), 3)
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