PART 3Touting, advertising and trading offences
Supplementary and general
24Interpretation of Part 3
1
In this Part—
“advertising” means anything done wholly or partly for the purpose of promoting a product, service or business to the public or a section of the public;
“advertising licence” means a licence permitting the carrying out of advertising;
“business” includes trade or profession;
“enactment” includes an Act of the Scottish Parliament;
“Games event” has the meaning given by section 1(3);
“Games location” means a place in England which—
- a
is, or is to be, used for a Games event, or
- b
is otherwise used, or to be used, in connection with the Games (whether before, during or after the Games);
- a
“Games location advertising” is to be read in accordance with section 13(2);
“Games location trading” has the meaning given by section 16(2);
“item” includes—
- a
any substance;
- b
any animal or plant;
- a
“licence” includes any kind of consent, certificate, permission or authority (by whatever name) granted by a landowner, local authority or other person in accordance with any enactment, Charter or other document;
“local authority” means—
- a
a county council,
- b
a district council,
- c
a London borough council, or
- d
the Common Council of the City of London;
- a
“motor vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act 1988 (see section 185(1) of that Act);
“relevant public place” has the meaning given by section 16(8);
“trading” has the meaning given by section 16(2);
“trading licence” means a licence permitting the carrying out of trading.
2
In determining for the purposes of section 16 whether a person is carrying out Games location trading—
a
it is not necessary for both of the following conditions to be met—
i
that the making of an offer, or the exposure of an item for sale, occurs in a specified Games location or (as the case may be) a relevant public place;
ii
that any person to whom the offer is made or item exposed is in a specified Games location or (as the case may be) a relevant public place when the offer is made or item exposed;
b
a person is to be treated as doing something for gain or reward whether it is done for the person’s own gain or reward or for that of another person.