Scottish Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 189 (C. 17)

Sports Grounds And Sporting Events

The UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2020

Made

24th June 2020

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

26th June 2020

Coming into force

10th July 2020

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 10 July 2020.

(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Act 2020.

Appointed day

2.  The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column 1 of the table in the schedule of these Regulations (the subject matter of which is described in the corresponding entry in column 2) is 10 July 2020.

BEN MACPHERSON

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

24th June 2020

Regulation 2

SCHEDULEProvisions of the Act coming into force on 10 July 2020

Column 1

Provisions of the Act

Column 2

Subject matter

2Ban on ticket touting
3(2)Exception for charity auctions
4Exception for certain advertisers etc.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations bring sections 2, 3 and 4 of the UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Act 2020 (“the Act”) into force on 10 July 2020.

The Bill for the Act received Royal Assent on 23 January 2020. Sections 32 to 37 came into force on the following day. Sections 9 to 11, 15 to 25, 27, 28, 30 and 31 came into force on the expiry of the period of 2 months beginning with the day after Royal Assent. Section 36 was amended by paragraph 1 of schedule 4 of the Coronavirus (No. 2) (Scotland) Act 2020.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Act have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations. Section 1 was amended by paragraph 1 of schedule 4 of the Coronavirus (No. 2) (Scotland) Act 2020.

Provision of the ActDate of CommencementInstrument No.
Section 19 March 2020S.S.I. 2020/49
Section 59 March 2020S.S.I. 2020/49
Section 69 March 2020S.S.I. 2020/49
Section 79 March 2020S.S.I. 2020/49
Section 89 March 2020S.S.I. 2020/49
Section 129 March 2020S.S.I. 2020/49
Section 139 March 2020S.S.I. 2020/49
Section 149 March 2020S.S.I. 2020/49
Section 269 March 2020S.S.I. 2020/49
Section 299 March 2020S.S.I. 2020/49
(2)

Section 3 was amended by paragraph 1 of schedule 4 of the Coronavirus (No. 2) (Scotland) Act 2020 (2020 asp 10).