The Motor Sport on Public Roads (Scotland) Regulations 2019

Permission to apply for a motor sport order

3.—(1) A person who wishes to promote a race or trial of speed between motor vehicles on a public road in Scotland may apply to an authorised body for a permit.

(2) Before issuing a permit, the authorised body must consult—

(a) any roads authority for a road on which the event is to be held,

(b) any local authority for—

(i) an area in which the event is to take place,

(ii) an area which is otherwise likely to be significantly affected by the event,

where that local authority does not require to be consulted in their capacity as a roads authority under sub-paragraph (a),

(c) the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland, and

(d) such other persons as the authorised body considers appropriate.

(3) The authorised body must issue a permit if satisfied that—

(a) the applicant intends to promote the event,

(b) the applicant has the necessary financial and other resources to make appropriate arrangements for the event,

(c) the proposed route is suitable for the event,

(d) appropriate public safety arrangements for the event have been or will be put in place, and

(e) the applicant has arranged or will arrange appropriate insurance cover in connection with the event.

(4) A permit must specify—

(a) the route, as approved by the authorised body, that is to be followed by participants in the event,

(b) arrangements for the approval by the authorised body of drivers participating in the event,

(c) arrangements for the approval by the authorised body of vehicles to be used in the course of the event,

(d) the public safety arrangements that the applicant intends to put in place for the event, and

(e) arrangements made or to be made by the applicant for insurance in connection with the event.

(5) A permit may set out conditions as to safety or any other matter that the authorised body considers should be included in any motor sport order made under regulation 5 in relation to the event.

(6) The bodies that are authorised to issue permits for the purposes of this regulation are listed in column 1 of the table in schedule 1 and the kind of event in respect of which each body may issue a permit is listed in the corresponding entry in column 2.