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The Lord Advocate’s guidelines on the OffensiveBehaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 were recently updated in August 2015.
Agenda item 6 is consideration of our approach to the scrutiny of the OffensiveBehaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.
Does the minister agree that the introduction of strict liability on Scottish football clubs would go some considerable way towards reducing not only sectarianism but homophobia, misogyny and other unacceptable behaviours in Scottish football?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 November 2011
The First Minister has been involved in one meeting with Bishop Tartaglia of Paisley where both the OffensiveBehaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Bill and the consultation on equalising marriage rights were discussed.
OffensiveBehaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in reviewing the operation of the OffensiveBehaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012.
The Lord Advocate published Guidelines on operation of the OffensiveBehaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 on 28 February 2012 which includes guidance to the police.
Does she agree that the repeal of the OffensiveBehaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, which was driven through this Parliament by the Opposition parties, has sent a signal that behaviour that was cons...