Bill 22 explained in plain English
Ticket Speculation Amendment Act (Purchase and Sale Requirements), 2016
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This bill amends the Ticket Speculation Act to ban the use of ticket purchasing software that bypasses security measures and to require secondary ticket sellers to list the original purchase price of tickets.
This bill, called the Ticket Speculation Amendment Act (Purchase and Sale Requirements), 2016, aims to change the Ticket Speculation Act. It would make it illegal to use certain software designed to get around limits on how many tickets can be bought at once. It also requires people who resell tickets (secondary sellers) to list the original price paid for the ticket when they offer it for sale, whether in print or online.
- Prohibits the use of software that bypasses security measures to buy tickets in bulk.
- Requires secondary sellers to list the original purchase price of a ticket when offering it for sale.
- Establishes penalties for violating these new rules.
- Individuals and corporations who use software to purchase tickets.
- Secondary sellers of tickets (resellers).
- Consumers purchasing tickets from secondary sellers.
- Obligation not to purchase tickets using software that bypasses security measures designed to limit the number of tickets purchased at one time.
- Obligation for secondary sellers to list the original purchase price of a ticket when offering it for sale in print or electronic format.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Individuals found guilty of using prohibited software may face fines of up to $50,000 or imprisonment for up to 12 months, or both.
- Corporations found guilty of using prohibited software may face fines of up to $250,000.
- Individuals found guilty of failing to list the original purchase price for a first offence may face fines of up to $10,000.
- Individuals found guilty of failing to list the original purchase price for a second or subsequent offence may face fines of up to $25,000.
- Contravention of the prohibition on using ticket purchasing software is an offence.
- Contravention of the requirement to list the original purchase price is an offence.
- The bill does not specify which types of security measures are considered 'intended to limit the number of tickets that can be purchased at one time'.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes a 'secondary seller' beyond the context of offering a ticket for sale.
- The bill does not define 'software' in the context of bypassing security measures.
- The specific process for calculating or verifying the 'original purchase price' is not detailed.
Adds new sections that prohibit the use of certain ticket purchasing software and require secondary sellers to list the original purchase price of tickets.
Source: Section 1
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