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London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006

  • Explanatory Notes Table of contents

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All reference to 'Parts' and 'sections' are from the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006. For other versions of these Explanatory Notes, see More Resources.

  1. Introduction

  2. Summary

  3. Background

  4. The Act

  5. Territorial Extent and Territorial Application

  6. Commentary on Sections

    1. Introductory

      1. Sections 1 and 2: Interpretation of principal terms and Alteration of Olympic documents

  7. The Olympic Delivery Authority

    1. Section 3: Establishment and Schedule 1: The Olympic Delivery Authority

    2. Section 4: General functions

    3. Section 5: Planning

    4. Section 6: Security

    5. Section 7: Street lighting and cleaning

    6. Section 8: Olympic Delivery Authority: transfer schemes and Schedule 2: Transfer Schemes

    7. Section 9: Dissolution

  8. Transport

    1. Section 10: Olympic Transport Plan

    2. Section 11: The Olympic Route Network

    3. Section 12:  Co-operation

    4. Section 13: Functions affecting Olympics

    5. Section 14: Traffic regulation orders

    6. Section 15: Traffic regulation orders: enforcement

    7. Section 16: Road closures

    8. Section 17: Office of Rail Regulation

    9. Section 18: Interpretation

  9. Advertising

    1. Section 19: Advertising regulations

    2. Section 20: Regulations: supplemental

    3. Section 21: Offence

    4. Section 22: Enforcement: power of entry

    5. Section 23: Role of Olympic Delivery Authority

    6. Section 24: Local planning authorities

  10. Trading

    1. Section 25: Street trading, & c.

    2. Section 26: Section 25: supplemental

    3. Section 27: Offence

    4. Section 28: Enforcement: power of entry

    5. Section 29: Role of Olympic Delivery Authority

    6. Section 30: Other authorities

    7. Section 31: Sale of tickets

  11. Miscellaneous

    1. Section 32: Olympic Symbol (Protection) Act 1995 and Schedule 3: Olympic Symbol Protection

    2. Section 33 and Schedule 4: London Olympics association right

    3. Section 34: Greater London Authority: powers

    4. Section 35: Section 34: supplemental

    5. Section 36: Regional development agencies

  12. General

    1. Section 37: Scotland

    2. Section 38: Northern Ireland

    3. Section 39: Offences: arrest

    4. Section 40: Commencement and duration

    5. Section 41: Extent and application

    6. Section 42: Short title

  13. Hansard References

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