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Last updated:
19 December 2025
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In Scotland, the relevant offences are set out in the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009, and the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016.
Official Report
Meeting date:
19 June 2014
Meeting of the Parliament 19 June 2014
Measures such as the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012 are having a positive effect on offensive behaviour at football matches, which has reduced by nearly a quarter since last year.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 October 2023
Female participation in sport and physical activity - Gendered / restricted offerings
Many teachers were found to be complicit in this marginalisation by not challenging the disruptive behaviour of boys in class. These negative experiences track throughout adulthood and can severely impact women and girls participation rates for the rest of their life.
Last updated:
7 March 2023
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Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill - witness expenses: The Committee will be invited to delegate to the Convener responsibility for arranging for the SPCB to pay, under Rule 12.4.3, any expenses of witnesses on the Bill. 8. Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill - witness expenses: The Committee will be invited to delegate to the Convener responsibility for arranging for the SPCB to pay, under Rule 12.4.3, any expenses of witnesses on the Bill.
Last updated:
7 March 2023
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Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider potential witnesses for the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.
Official Report
Meeting date:
14 September 2023
Meeting of the Parliament 14 September 2023
The prime example of that was the pushing through of the discredited—now, thankfully, repealed—Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, which again unfairly targeted football fans and treated t...
Committee reports
Date published:
22 June 2020
PE1319: Improving youth football in Scotland - Status of registration
We will look to introduce this for the new and continuing registrations that take place during the summer of 2016. viiScottish Football Association / Scottish Professional Football League.
Official Report
Meeting date:
17 April 2024
Meeting of the Parliament 17 April 2024
As a result, there is no clear line between merely offensive behaviour and offensive behaviour that is criminal.
Official Report
Meeting date:
23 September 2025
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee 23 September 2025
So the question is, how do we dull that noise and get everybody on the side of a pitch to behave appropriately? Behaviour at grass-roots football and in senior football can be a problem, and it is not a Scottish issue—every time I am in UEFA company, the big thing that comes up is the behaviour within the grass-roots game and the behaviour of adults.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 July 2013
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Information on religious aggravations is taken from Religiously Aggravated Offending in Scotland 2012-13 and information on offensive behaviour at football charges is taken from Charges reported under the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012, published on the Scottish Government website on 14 June 2013. 2 The number of charges refers to the religion that the conduct was derogatory towards and not the number of charges where victims had the relevant affiliation.
