# Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 (repealed) 2012 asp 1 · enacted 19 January 2012 · revised to 20 April 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-behaviour-at-football-and-threatening-communications-scotland-act-2012-repealed/pdf/asp_20120001_en.pdf; Explanatory Note https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-behaviour-at-football-and-threatening-communications-scotland-act-2012-repealed/pdf/aspen_20120001_en.pdf ## Introductory text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Offensive behaviour at regulated football matches ## 1 Offensive behaviour at regulated football matches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Regulated football match: definition and meaning of behaviour “in relation to” match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Fixed penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Sections 1 and 2: interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Power to modify sections 1 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Threatening communications ## 6 Threatening communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Protection of freedom of expression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Section 6: interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Power to modify sections 6(5)(b) and 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Offences outside Scotland ## 10 Sections 1(1) and 6(1): offences outside Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Report on operation of offences ## 11 Report on operation of offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Commencement and short title ## 12 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/1 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-behaviour-at-football-and-threatening-communications-scotland-act-2012-repealed Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.