New Ticket Scalping Laws Announced

Ticket scalping legislation to restrict the resale of event tickets will be introduced to State Parliament later this week.

The new laws apply to all ticketed events in Western Australia and will:

• Allow consumers to resell tickets as long as the ticket is not sold for more than 10 per cent of the original sale price; and
• Prohibit the use of software designed to dodge security measures on ticket selling websites.  

The introduction of these laws will give the Commissioner for Consumer Protection the power to enforce anti-ticket scalping measures, which up until now have been difficult to police.

Breaches of the provisions will see individuals fined a maximum of $20,000 and body corporates fined a maximum of $100,000.

It is expected the legislation will come into effect next year.

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