Member

Amendment 29, tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Parkinson and Lord Markham, would introduce a defence to the ticket touting offence mirroring that included under the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Act 2020. The difference is that the offence in that Act did not criminalise the resale of tickets where carried out at face value and not in the course of business. That meant that a person advertising a ticket on behalf of someone else had to determine whether or not the ticket was being sold above face value to avoid being found guilty of the offence. This consideration is redundant under this Bill, which applies to all activity that is carried out in a public place, including on an online platform.