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<p>We are determined to crackdown on unacceptable behaviour and improve fans’ chances
of buying tickets at a reasonable price.</p><p> </p><p>The Consumer Rights Act 2015
already includes rules about tickets offered for sale on the secondary market, and
the Digital Economy Act passed earlier this year adds an additional requirement for
ticket sellers to provide a unique ticket number when reselling a ticket resale, and
provides the power to create a specific offence, where tickets are purchased electronically,
of purchasing more tickets than the maximum permitted.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided
funding for enforcement action to be taken by Trading Standards against sellers who
are in breach of consumer law.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority
has also launched an enforcement investigation into suspected breaches of consumer
protection law in the online secondary ticketing market which is hoped will drive
further transparency in the secondary market.</p><p>B</p>
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