18.Section 6(1) of the Act makes it an offence to trade within an event zone at a prohibited time (“the trading offence”). As set out in section 7(1) of the Act, trading is the sale or offer for sale, in an open public place, of an article or service.
19.Holding a trading licence (as defined in section 38 of the Act) is not a defence against a trading offence (section 9 of the Act).
20.Indoor trading (i.e. trading in a building) is not covered by the trading offence (section 6(2)(a)). Other types of trading to which the trading offence does not apply are listed in schedule 2 of the Act. For example, trading outside shops, restaurants and bars (if it is part of usual business and done during opening hours) and trading by Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life or a UEFA Partner (as defined in section 38 of the Act). Other activities that are exempt from the trading offence are selling current newspapers, the provision of certain public facilities (such as public transport, public toilets, phones boxes and ATMs) and selling or supplying services for motor vehicles (such as cleaning, parking and breakdown and recovery services).
21.The trading offence does not apply to any trading by UEFA provided the trading is done in accordance with any conditions that are set out in the trading regulations (section 6(4)).
The Act Street trading etc. Ban on outdoor trading within event zones