UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill: island communities impact assessment

Step One – Develop a clear understanding of your objectives

• What are the objectives of the policy, strategy or service?
• What are the intended impacts / outcomes and how do these potentially differ across the islands?

Impact on Scotland’s islands

The impact of the UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill (the Bill) on island communities is the neutral. This is because the Bill largely protects UEFA’s commercial rights in event zones around Hampden Park Stadium and at other areas in Glasgow city centre during EURO 2028. The only measures in the Bill which are Scotland wide relate to ticketing. These measures could have the same positive impact on people across Scotland- including islanders- by providing fair and equitable access to tickets by tackling ticket touting. There are no differential impacts for the islands or across the islands.

Background

Scotland will co-host the Union of European Football Associations' (UEFA) European Championship 2028, also referred to as ‘EURO 2028’, as part of a joint UK and Ireland Championship.

The UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill (the Bill) aims to help ensure successful delivery of EURO 2028, by meeting UEFA’s commercial rights requirements for Scotland to host matches in Glasgow.

The Bill will strengthen restrictions on street trading, advertising, ticketing and enforcement for EURO 2028. Street trading and advertising restrictions will only be in place over a period of time close to and during EURO 2028. They will only apply in specific areas in Glasgow, called ‘event zones’. Ticketing restrictions will apply throughout Scotland to EURO 2028 match tickets only.

The Bill will make it an offence:

• for any persons, other than UEFA or those authorised by UEFA, to trade outdoors in an event zone at a prohibited time.
• to advertise within an event zone at a prohibited time (although, certain existing advertising will be permitted) or give away products for free if they are not from approved commercial partners of the Championship.