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<p><strong> </strong></p><p>The provisions of Part 3, Chapter 5 of the Consumer Rights
Act 2015 (CRA) concern the online secondary ticketing market. The duty in section
90 CRA to provide information about tickets applies to persons re-selling tickets
and internet-based secondary ticketing facilities.</p><p> </p><p>Trading Standards
is the enforcement authority in Great Britain for the purposes of the secondary ticketing
provisions in the CRA. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment is the relevant
enforcement authority for Northern Ireland. Where an enforcement authority is satisfied
on the balance of probabilities that a person has breached a duty or prohibition imposed
by Chapter 5, the authority may impose a financial penalty on the person in respect
of each breach.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMG does not hold information on the number
of penalties issued under the secondary ticketing provisions of the CRA.</p>
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