Clause 21 - Role of Olympic Delivery Authority
London Olympics Bill
12:00 pm

Richard Caborn (Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Sheffield Central, Labour)

I beg to move amendment No. 49, in page 16, line 18, at end insert—

‘(3A)The Olympic Delivery Authority may institute criminal proceedings in respect of an offence under section 19.

(3B)Subsection (3A) shall not apply in relation to the institution of proceedings in Scotland or Northern Ireland.’.

David Amess (Southend West, Conservative)

With this it will be convenient to discuss Government amendment No. 50.

Richard Caborn (Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Sheffield Central, Labour)

Regulations made to restrict advertising under clause 19, and street trading under clause 25, will create new offences that need to be prosecuted. Local authorities will be able to prosecute, just as they now prosecute similar offences, such as fly-posting. However, there will be a large number of different authorities involved, with a range of other priorities.

Amendment No. 49 would give the Olympic Delivery Authority the specific power of prosecution in relation to clause 19 offences. Amendment No. 50 would give the ODA the specific power of prosecution in relation to clause 25. That should provide a single-focus, co-ordinated approach to prosecutions across Olympic sites throughout England and Wales for the period of the games.