Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/57
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Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985
Changes over time for: Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985
03/12/1992- Amendment
Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 19 September 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
1985 CHAPTER 57
An Act to make provision for punishing those who cause or permit intoxicating liquor to be carried on public service vehicles and railway passenger vehicles carrying passengers to or from designated sporting events or who possess intoxicating liquor on such vehicles and those who possess intoxicating liquor or certain articles capable of causing injury at designated sports grounds during the period of designated sporting events, for punishing drunkenness on such vehicles and, during the period of designated sporting events, at such grounds and, where licensed premises or premises in respect of which a club is registered (for the purposes of the Licensing Act 1964) are within designated sports grounds, to make provision for regulating the sale or supply of intoxicating liquor and for the closure of bars.
[25th July 1985]
F1Words in s. 1(2)(3) substituted (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 97(a) (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2)
[F21A Alcohol on certain other vehicles.E+W
(2)A person who knowingly causes or permits [F3alcohol] to be carried on a motor vehicle to which this section applies is guilty of an offence—
(3)A person who has [F3alcohol] in his possession while on a motor vehicle to which this section applies is guilty of an offence.
(5) In this section— “ keeper ”, in relation to a vehicle, means the person having the duty to take out a licence for it under [F4 the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 ] , “ motor vehicle ” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads, and “ public service vehicle ” has the same meaning as in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act M2 1981. ]
F2S. 1A inserted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 2
F3Words in s. 1A(2)(3) substituted (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 97(b) (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2)
F4Words in s. 1A(5) substituted (1.9.1994) by 1994 c. 22, ss. 63, 66, Sch. 3 para. 20 (with s. 57(4))
2 Offences in connection with alcohol, containers etc. at sports grounds.E+W
(1)A person who has [F5alcohol] or an article to which this section applies in his possession—
[F6(1A) Subsection (1)( a ) above has effect subject to section 5A(1) of this Act.]
but does not apply to anything that is for holding any medicinal product (within the meaning of the M3Medicines Act 1968) [F7or any veterinary medicinal product (within the meaning of the Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006)].
F5Word in s. 2(1) substituted (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 97(c) (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2)
F6S. 2(1A) inserted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 5
F7Words in s. 2(3) added (1.10.2006) by The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2407), reg. 1, Sch. 9 para. 5 (with regs. 2(4), 3)
[F82A Fireworks etc.E+W
F8S. 2A inserted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 3
F93 Licensing hours within sports grounds.E+W
F9S. 3 repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 99(a), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)
F104 Supplementary provisions about orders under section 3.E+W
F10S. 4 repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 99(a), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)
F115 Appeals.E+W
F11S. 5 repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 99(b), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)
[F125A Private facilities for viewing events.E+W
(1)In relation to a room in a designated sports ground—
(4)An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.]
F12Ss. 5A–5D inserted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 4
F14[F135B] Occasional licences.E+W
F13Ss. 5A–5D inserted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 4
F14S. 5B repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 99(d), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)
F16[F155C] Clubs.E+W
F15Ss. 5A–5D inserted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 4
F16S. 5C repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 99(e), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)
F18[F175D] Non-retail sales.E+W
F17Ss. 5A–5D inserted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 4
F18S. 5D repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 99(f), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)
F196 Closure of bars.E+W
F19S. 6 repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 99(g), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)
7 Powers of enforcement.E+W
(1)A constable may, at any time during the period of a designated sporting event at any designated sports ground, enter any part of the ground for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of this Act.
(2)A constable may search a person he has reasonable grounds to suspect is committing or has committed an offence under this Act F20....
(3)A constable may stop a public service vehicle (within the meaning of section 1 of this Act) [F21or a motor vehicle to which section 1A of this Act applies] and may search such a vehicle or a railway passenger vehicle if he has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under that section is being or has been committed in respect of the vehicle.
F20Words in s. 7(2) repealed (1.1.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 7 para. 25, Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m)(u)
F21Words inserted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 6
8 Penalties for offences.E+W
A person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable on summary conviction—
(a)in the case of an offence under section 1(2) [F22or 1A(2)], to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale,
(b)in the case of an offence under section 1(3) [F23, 1A(3)], 2(1) [F24or 2A(1)], to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both, . . . F25
(c)in the case of an offence under section 1(4) [F26, 1A(4)] or 2(2), to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
F22 Words inserted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 7(2)
F23 Words inserted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. para. 7(3)
F24 Words in s. 8(b) substituted (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 100(a) (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2)
F25 Word repealed by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(3), Sch. 3
F26 Word inserted by Public Order Act 1986 (c. 64, SIF 39:2), s. 40(1), Sch. 1 para. 7(4)
F27 S. 8(d)(e) repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 100(b), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)
(2)“Designated sports ground” means any place—
(a)used (wholly or partly) for sporting events where accommodation is provided for spectators, and
(b)for the time being designated, or of a class designated, by order made by the Secretary of State;
and an order under this subsection may include provision for determining for the purposes of this Act the outer limit of any designated sports ground.
(3)“Designated sporting event”—
(a)means a sporting event or proposed sporting event for the time being designated, or of a class designated, by order made by the Secretary of State, and
(b)includes a designated sporting event within the meaning of Part V of the M4Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980;
and an order under this subsection may apply to events or proposed events outside Great Britain as well as those in England and Wales.
(4)The period of a designated sporting event is the period beginning two hours before the start of the event or (if earlier) two hours before the time at which it is advertised to start and ending one hour after the end of the event, but—
(a)where an event advertised to start at a particular time on a particular day is postponed to a later day, the period includes the period in the day on which it is advertised to take place beginning two hours before and ending one hour after that time, and
(6)This Act does not apply to any sporting event or proposed sporting event—
(a)where all competitors are to take part otherwise than for reward, and
(b)to which all spectators are to be admitted free of charge.
[F29(7)An expression used in this Act and in the Licensing Act 2003 has the same meaning in this Act as in that Act.]
F28S. 9(5) repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 101(a), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)
F29S. 9(7) substituted (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 101(b) (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2)
10 Amendment of Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980.E+W+S
Part V of the M5Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980 shall be amended as follows—
(a)in section 68(1), after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted—
“(c)a sporting event, or a class of sporting event, taking place outside Great Britain:”;
(b)in section 69, after the words “public service vehicle” there shall be inserted the words “or railway passenger vehicle” and after the word “passengers” there shall be inserted the words “for the whole or part of a journey”;
(c)in section 77, at the end of the definition of “designated” there shall be added the words “and ”designated sporting event’ includes a sporting event designated, or of a class designated, under section 9(3)(a) of the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985”; and
(d)in section 77, after the definition of “public service vehicle” there shall be inserted the following definition—
““railway passenger vehicle” has the same meaning as in the Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976”.
M51980 c. 62.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985.
(2)Sections 1 to 9 of and the Schedule to this Act extend to England and Wales only.
F30SCHEDULEE+W PROCEDURE
F30Sch. repealed (24.11.2005) by Licensing Act 2003 (c. 17), s. 201(2), Sch. 6 para. 99(h), Sch. 7 (with ss. 2(3), 15(2), 195); S.I. 2005/3056, art. 2(2) (with art. 4)