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28c. 64 SCHEDULE 1

Introduction 1. The Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 shall be amended as mentioned in this Part. Vehicles 2. The following shall be inserted after section 1 (offences in connection with alcohol on coaches and trains)—
 * 1A.—(1) This section applies to a motor vehicle which—
 * (a) is not a public service vehicle but is adapted to carry more than 8 passengers, and
 * (b) is being used for the principal purpose of carrying two or more passengers for the whole or part of a journey to or from a designated sporting event.
 * (2) A person who knowingly causes or permits intoxicating liquor to be carried on a motor vehicle to which this section applies is guilty of an offence—
 * (a) if he is its driver, or
 * (b) if he is not its driver but is its keeper, the servant or agent of its keeper, a person to whom it is made available (by hire, loan or otherwise) by its keeper or the keeper’s servant or agent, or the servant or agent of a person to whom it is so made available.
 * (3) A person who has intoxicating liquor in his possession while on a motor vehicle to which this section applies is guilty of an offence.
 * (4) A person who is drunk on a motor vehicle to which this section applies is guilty of an offence.
 * (5) In this section—
 * “keeper”, in relation to a vehicle, means the person having the duty to take out a licence for it under section 1(1) of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971,
 * “motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads, and
 * “motor vehicle” means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads, and