Act has 'camouflaged but not stopped' sectarianismpublished at 15:11 Greenwich Mean Time 25 January 2018
All 287 charges brought under Section 7 of the Act could have been prosecuted under existing legislation according to evidence from the Law Society of Scotland, Liam Kerr highlights.
Has it worked, the Tory MSP asks.
He points to evidence indicating fans are simply putting their hands in front of their mouths while singing sectarian songs to prevent CCTV from capturing it, or they have changed the words.
Mr Kerr says the Act has not brought about behavioural change, nor has it tackled the underlying drivers of sectarianism.
It has has "camouflaged but not stopped" sectarianism, he says.