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

Step Four – Assessment

• Does your assessment identify any unique impacts on island communities?
  • Demographic
  • Economic
  • Social
  • Gaelic
• Does your assessment identify any potential barriers or wider impacts?
• Are there mitigations already in place for these impacts raised?

Our assessment is that the impact of the Bill on island communities is neutral. This is because the Bill largely affects street traders, pedlars and advertisers/advertising space owners operating in event zones in Glasgow during EURO 2028.

We have not identified any unique impacts or barriers/wider impacts on island communities or businesses.

Ticketing measures will have a positive effect by addressing ticket touting and the effect of these measures will be the same right across Scotland. There are also no unique impacts of the Bill related to Gaelic.

Is a full Island Communities Impact Assessment required?

You should now determine whether, in your opinion, your policy, strategy or service is likely to have an effect on an island community which is significantly different from its effect on other communities (including other island communities). To form your opinion, the following questions should be considered:

• Are there mitigations in place for the impacts identified and noted above from stakeholders and community consultations? (If further ICIA action is not required, complete the section below and publish).
• Does the evidence show different circumstances or different expectations or needs, or different experiences or outcomes (such as levels of satisfaction, or different rates of participation)?
• Are these different effects likely?
• Are these effects significantly different?
• Could the effect amount to a disadvantage for an island community compared to the mainland or between island groups?

A full Island Communities Impact Assessment is not required. This is because:

• We have not found any evidence or data which shows different circumstances or different expectations or needs, or different experiences or outcomes, related to the Bill and the islands. No specific evidence related to the islands was submitted during the public consultation.
• We expect that any impacts on the islands will be minimal. The Bill’s street trading and advertising measures will only have effect in event zones within Glasgow during a period around EURO 2028. Therefore, to be potentially affected by the Bill, islanders would need to: be planning to buy tickets for EURO 2028; be planning trade in Glasgow during EURO 2028 using a street trader or pedlar licence; or own advertising space in Glasgow’s EURO 2028 event zones.
• Although minimal, the main impact of the Bill related to the islands is around ticketing. This has the potential to be positive as the legislation tackles ticket touting, helping ensure fair and equitable access to tickets for people on the islands planning to attend EURO 2028 matches.
• We do not expect that the Bill will have different effects for the islands compared to the rest of Scotland (outside of the event zones) or between different islands. This is because the Bill focuses on street traders/pedlars and advertisers planning to operate in event zones in Glasgow regardless of their base. The Bill also tackles ticket touting for EURO 2028 in the same way across all of Scotland.
• Island Communities Impact Assessments for the considerations for wider aspects of EURO 2028 will be made in due course.