All posts belonging to the Legislation tag can be found in the list below.
The South Australian Government has announced plans for legislation that would impose fines of up to A$20,000 for ticket touts and a maximum penalty of A$100,000 for websites and publications that adv...
Tags: Anti-Tout, Australia, Legislation, South Australia Government, ToutsThe UK’s Cheltenham Racecourse is set to go to the High Court this week in a bid to secure a potentially groundbreaking ruling that would ban ticket touts from the facility. The effort is the lates...
Tags: Cheltenham, Cheltenham Festival, Court, Jockey Club, Legislation, Racecourse, ToutsMichigan’s House has voted to repeal a rarely enforced ban against ticket touting for sports and entertainment events. The bill was approved 71-36 with it now being moved to the senate for consid...
Tags: Legislation, Michigan, ToutWith the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in mind, Japanese lawmakers have revealed plans to submit a bill that would prohibit ticket resale for profit. As it stands, Japan does not ha...
Tags: Ban, Bill, Japan, Legislation, Olympics, Resale, Tokyo 2020, ToutsLegendary music promoter Harvey Goldsmith has called on Irish politicians to “be brave” and pass an anti-touting bill. Business Minister Heather Humphreys hopes to pass a piece of legislation t...
Tags: Anti-Tout Bill, Harvey Goldsmith, Ireland, Legislation, Promoter, ViagogoAn Irish politician is hoping to halt an anti-touting bill in order to protect jobs at the controversial resale firm Viagogo. Viagogo has an office in Castletroy, Limerick, where 150 staff are curr...
Tags: Anti-Touting, Ireland, jobs, Legislation, Resale, Scalping, ViagogoNew Jersey governor Phil Murphy is being urged not to sign a bill that would scrap legislation capping ticket holdbacks to five per cent. Venue owners in the state have heavily endorsed the bill, w...
Tags: Bill, Holdbacks, Law, Legislation, New Jersey, Phil MurphyThe new Ontario government has deferred the ticket price cap section of a controversial anti-touting bill, a CBC News/Toronto Star investigation has found. The newly elected Progressive Conservativ...
Tags: Anti-Touting, Canada, Law, Legislation, Ontario, Price Cap, Ticket Sales ActTouts that use bots in the UK are to begin facing unlimited fines as of today (Thursday). Through the addition to the Digital Economy Act, which became law in 2017, those that employ automated soft...
Tags: Bots, CMA, Digital Economy Act, Fines, Law, Legislation, Reg Walker, Touts, UKNew York has passed a bill to extend and expand the rules surrounding the secondary ticketing market within the state. The new laws will enforce resellers to make it clear when they are listing tic...
Tags: Bill, Law, Legislation, New York, NY, Regulation, Resale, Secondary Market
