SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Sporting Events
PART IIScotland
Vehicles
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After section 70 there shall be inserted the following—
70AAlcohol on certain other vehicles.
1
This section applies to a motor vehicle which is not a public service vehicle but is adapted to carry more than 8 passengers and is being operated for the principal purpose of conveying two or more passengers for the whole or part of a journey to or from a designated sporting event.
2
Any person in possession of alcohol on a vehicle to which this section applies shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 60 days or a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale or both.
3
Any person who is drunk on a vehicle to which this section applies shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.
4
Any person who permits alcohol to be carried on a vehicle to which this section applies and—
a
is the driver of the vehicle, or
b
where he is not its driver, is the keeper of the vehicle, the employee or agent of the keeper, a person to whom it is made available (by hire, loan or otherwise) by the keeper or the keeper's employee or agent, or the employee or agent of a person to whom it is so made available,
shall, subject to section 71 of this Act, be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
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In section 71 (defences in connection with carriage of alcohol) for " or 70 " there shall be substituted ", 70 or 70A(4)".
12
In section 75 (police powers of enforcement) for " or 70 " there shall be substituted ", 70 or 70A".
13
In section 77 (interpretation of Part V)—
a
the following definitions shall be inserted in the appropriate places alphabetically—
" keeper ", in relation to a vehicle, means the person having the duty to take out a licence for it under section 1(1) of the [1971 c. 10.] Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 ;
" motor vehicle " means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads ;
b
in the definition of " public service vehicle " for the words " Part I of the Transport Act 1980 " there shall be substituted the words "the [1981 c. 14.] Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981"; ".