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Now that Glasgow has won the right to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games, new laws are being put before parliament Monday and if passed, touts at the 2014 Commonwealth Games will face fines of up to five thousand pounds.

The Scotsman reports that rogue advertisers who put up unauthorized ads near Games venues will be hit with fines of up to 20,000 pounds.

The provisions are contained in a Commonwealth Games bill, which was proposed by the SNP administration earlier this year and published Friday.

The new legislation is meant to protect the games from “ambush marketing” and will give ministers powers on related matters such as land purchase and transport.

Under the legislation the unauthorized sale of tickets above their face value would be an offence liable for fines of up to five thousand pounds and unauthorized advertising or outdoor trading near Games events would become an offence.

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond said Sunday the bill was a sign of how quickly the Scottish Government was moving, with the event being awarded to Glasgow only a few days ago.

Salmond told the BBC, “on Friday we published the Commonwealth Games Bill and tomorrow that bill will be introduced into parliament, so we are not letting the grass grow under our feet. That bill of course is the one which gives the legal statutory protection for Glasgow 2014 and also does things like organize the ticketing to make sure that the sort of problems which other games have encountered elsewhere are not manifested in Glasgow”.

He said there was no need for a new authority to be set up to run the Games because the Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council, and the Scottish Commonwealth Games Association were working so well and so closely together. But he suggested that the government would be looking to get some money from the National Lottery to help boost the event.

“That is an area which will come under discussion for consideration this week” he said, refusing to guarantee that the current budget of 300 million pounds would not be broken.

The Scotsman reports that when asked whether the Games would be delivered on time and on budget, Salmond said, “things will be delivered on time. We have a robust budget. There are examples elsewhere that we will not be following”.

(Source: Gamesbids.com)