2 Offences in connection with alcohol, containers etc. at sports grounds.
1
A person who has F2alcohol or an article to which this section applies in his possession—
a
at any time during the period of a designated sporting event when he is in any area of a designated sports ground from which the event may be directly viewed, or
b
while entering or trying to enter a designated sports ground at any time during the period of a designated sporting event at that ground,
is guilty of an offence.
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Subsection (1)( a ) above has effect subject to section 5A(1) of this Act.
2
A person who is drunk in a designated sports ground at any time during the period of a designated sporting event at that ground or is drunk while entering or trying to enter such a ground at any time during the period of a designated sporting event at that ground is guilty of an offence.
3
This section applies to any article capable of causing injury to a person struck by it, being—
a
a bottle, can or other portable container (including such an article when crushed or broken) which—
i
is for holding any drink, and
ii
is of a kind which, when empty, is normally discarded or returned to, or left to be recovered by, the supplier, or
b
part of an article falling within paragraph (a) above;