Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018

Restriction on advertising during events

15. (1) During a sports event a person shall not advertise, or cause to be advertised, an alcohol product in or on a sports area.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed as prohibiting, during a sports event, a person in or on a sports area from wearing clothing containing the name, trademark or logo of any brand of alcohol product.

(3) A person shall not advertise, or cause to be advertised, an alcohol product—

(a) at an event aimed particularly at children, or

(b) at an event in relation to which the majority of participants or competitors are children.

(4) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence.

(5) In this section “sports area” means an area, whether indoors or outdoors, where participants participate in sporting activities, or competitors compete in sporting competitions, and includes a playing pitch or area, a swimming pool, an athletics track, a dog or horse racing track or a motor racing track.