Ticket touting

2Ban on ticket touting

(1)

It is an offence to tout a Championship ticket (“the touting offence”).

(2)

A person touts a Championship ticket if the person does any act falling within subsection (3)—

(a)

in relation to the sale, or proposed sale, of a Championship ticket for an amount exceeding the ticket’s face value, or

(b)

with a view to making a profit.

(3)

Acts which fall within this subsection are—

(a)

selling a Championship ticket,

(b)

offering to sell a Championship ticket,

(c)

exposing a Championship ticket for sale,

(d)

advertising that a Championship ticket is available for purchase,

(e)

making a Championship ticket available for sale by another person, and

(f)

giving away (or offering to give away) a Championship ticket on condition that the person given the ticket—

(i)

pays a booking fee or other charge, or

(ii)

acquires some other goods or services.

(4)

The touting offence does not apply in relation to acts falling within subsection (3) done by—

(a)

UEFA, or

(b)

a person acting in accordance with an authorisation granted by UEFA.

(5)

The amount payable for a Championship ticket is to be treated as including—

(a)

the amount of any booking fee or other charge imposed as a condition of sale,

(b)

the amount payable for any other goods or services which are to be acquired as a condition of sale, and

(c)

the market value of any goods or services received in exchange for the ticket.

(6)

The reference in subsection (2)(b) to making a profit is, where the act is done by a person other than the person disposing of the ticket, to be read as a reference to assisting the person disposing of the ticket to make or attempt to make a profit.