Part 3: Touting, Advertising and Trading Offences Section 17: Authorised trading
Section 17 empowers the Organising Committee to authorise, in writing, trading that would otherwise be considered an offence. Subsection (1) provides that it is not an offence to carry out trading in accordance with such an authorisation, or to arrange for or permit trading so authorised. Subsection (2) provides for the type of authorisations that may be granted (such as in relation to trading of a certain nature) and that the Organising Committee can revoke authorisations. Subsection (3) sets out the sorts of conditions which may be imposed by the Organising Committee upon authorisations (for example specifying where trading may be carried out).
	Subsection (4) allows the Organising Committee to take account of agreements entered into by others - for example the Secretary of State - when considering whether to grant an authorisation. It also allows the Organising Committee to take into account any existing trading licences (see section 24).