Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

A new rule would stop primary ticket sellers from using dynamic pricing for cultural, entertainment, recreational and sporting events. In plain terms, that means ticket prices could not be pushed up in real time just because demand is high, and sellers could not advertise tickets at those demand-driven prices either. The goal is to make tickets fairer and less likely to become unaffordable during a rush for popular events. It also makes breaking that rule an offence, so the ban would have real enforcement behind it.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021 so as to prohibit a primary ticket seller from engaging in dynamic pricing when selling, or advertising for sale, tickets or ticket packages for cultural, entertainment, recreational and sporting events, and to promote fairer access to tickets by prohibiting the sale, or advertising for sale, of tickets or ticket packages for a price that is adjusted or set by dynamic pricing to meet increased demand.

Last updated 30 January 2025