Bill 172 explained in plain English
Ticket Speculation Amendment Act, 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Bill 172, the Ticket Speculation Amendment Act, 2010, makes it an offence for related primary and secondary ticket sellers to offer tickets for sale in Ontario for the same event, with potential fines for individuals and corporations, and allows the Attorney General to create exemptions.
This bill amends the Ticket Speculation Act. It makes it illegal for related primary and secondary ticket sellers to make tickets available for sale in Ontario for the same event. Primary sellers are typically those who originally sell tickets (like venues or promoters), and secondary sellers are those who resell tickets. The bill defines 'related' sellers as those where a corporate, contractual, or other relationship provides an incentive for the primary seller to withhold tickets to be sold by the secondary seller. Convicted individuals can face fines up to $5,000, and corporations up to $50,000. The Attorney General is given the power to create regulations to exempt certain people or groups from this Act and to set conditions for those exemptions.
- Amends the Ticket Speculation Act.
- Prohibits related primary sellers from making tickets available for sale if a related secondary seller has made or is making tickets for the same event available.
- Prohibits related secondary sellers from making tickets available for sale if a related primary seller has made or is making tickets for the same event available.
- Establishes penalties for contravening these prohibitions.
- Grants the Attorney General the authority to create regulations for exemptions from the Act.
- Defines 'primary seller' and 'secondary seller'.
- Defines what it means for primary and secondary sellers to be 'related'.
- Primary ticket sellers operating in Ontario.
- Secondary ticket sellers operating in Ontario.
- Individuals convicted of an offence under the Act.
- Corporations convicted of an offence under the Act.
- The Attorney General.
- Primary sellers must not make tickets available if a related secondary seller is doing so for the same event.
- Secondary sellers must not make tickets available if a related primary seller is doing so for the same event.
- The Attorney General has the right to make regulations for exemptions.
- The Act comes into force on a day to be named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor.
- Individuals convicted of an offence are liable to a fine of not more than $5,000.
- Corporations convicted of an offence are liable to a fine of not more than $50,000.
- Contravention of subsections (1) or (2) of section 2.1 is an offence.
- Individuals are liable to a fine of not more than $5,000 upon conviction.
- Corporations are liable to a fine of not more than $50,000 upon conviction.
- The specific date the Act comes into force is not yet determined, as it requires proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor.
- The scope and conditions of exemptions that the Attorney General may create are not detailed in the bill.
- The precise definition of 'related' in a corporate, contractual, or 'other' capacity may be subject to interpretation.
This bill adds new prohibitions on primary and secondary ticket sellers making tickets available for sale in Ontario for the same event if they are related, introduces penalties for these actions, and gives the Attorney General power to create exemptions and their conditions.
Source: Sections 2.1 and 4
This bill adds definitions for 'primary seller' and 'secondary seller' to the Act.
Source: Section 1
This bill adds a definition for what it means for a primary seller and a secondary seller to be 'related' for the purposes of the Act.
Source: Section 2.1 (3)
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