Section 19 Power to provide exceptions to the trading offence
(1)
The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that section 16(1) does not apply in relation to—
(a)
conduct of a specified description, including conduct carried out in a specified place or in a place of a specified description;
(b)
conduct of a specified person or description of person.
“Specified” means specified in the regulations.
(2)
Before making regulations under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult—
(a)
the Organising Committee,
(b)
the local authority for an area that includes any place where the regulations would have effect, and
(c)
any other persons whom the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult.
(3)
The requirement in subsection (2) may be satisfied by consultation undertaken before the coming into force of this section.