Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The sports event organiser of a sports ticketing event must not, without reasonable excuse, hold the event at any time during the prohibited time period.
Penalty: 600 penalty units, in the case of a natural person;
3000 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.
(2) The sports event organiser of a sports ticketing event must not, without reasonable excuse, sell tickets to the event at any time during the prohibited time period.
Penalty: 600 penalty units, in the case of a natural person;
3000 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.
(3) The sports event organiser of a sports ticketing event must not, without reasonable excuse, authorise (whether orally or in writing) tickets to the event to be sold or distributed at any time during the prohibited time period.
Penalty: 600 penalty units, in the case of a natural person;
3000 penalty units, in the case of a body corporate.
(4) For the purposes of this section, "prohibited time period" means the period between—
(a) the receipt by the sports event organiser of notice of the Minister's intention to make a sports ticketing event declaration; and
(b) the receipt by the sports event organiser of notice of either of the following—
(i) the Minister's decision not to make a sports ticketing event declaration; or
(ii) the Minister's approval under section 157 of a ticket scheme for the event.
(5) An offence against a provision of this section is an indictable offence.
Note
An offence against this section may be heard and determined summarily.