Victorian Current Acts

MAJOR EVENTS ACT 2009 - SECT 182GG

    (1)     A person must not advertise or offer for resale 5 or less tickets for a ticketed event to which a major event ticketing declaration applies unless the following information is included in that advertisement or offer for resale—

        (a)         the asking price or intended sale price of each ticket;

        (b)     the face value price of each ticket;

        (c)     the seating allocation of each ticket.

Penalty:     30 penalty units in the case of a natural person;

    150 penalty units in the case of a body corporate.

    (2)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, knowingly advertise or offer for resale 6 or more tickets for a ticketed event to which a major event ticketing declaration applies unless the following information is included in that advertisement or offer for resale—

        (a)     the asking price or intended sale price of each ticket;

        (b)     the face value price of each ticket;

        (c)     the seating allocation of each ticket.

Penalty:     60 penalty units in the case of a natural person;

    300 penalty units in the case of a body corporate.

    (3)     If a person is guilty of more than one offence against subsection (1) or (2) in respect of a particular ticketed event held on a particular day, the total fine payable by the person must not exceed—

        (a)     600 penalty units in the case of a natural person; or

        (b)     3000 penalty units in the case of a body corporate.

    (4)     This section does not apply to the advertisement or offer for resale of tickets for a ticketed event to which a major event ticketing declaration applies in a ticket package by an authorised ticket package seller.

S. 182GH inserted by No. 5/2022 s. 19.