Victorian Numbered Acts

MAJOR EVENTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (UNAUTHORISED TICKET PACKAGES AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2022 (NO. 5 OF 2022) - SECT 4

In section 3(1) of the Principal Act insert the following definitions—

""ABN" has the same meaning as it has in the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999 of the Commonwealth;

"ACN" has the same meaning as it has in section 9 of the Corporations Act;

"authorised ticket package seller" means—

        (a)     in relation to a sports ticketing event, a person authorised in writing by the sports event organiser to sell or distribute tickets for the sports ticketing event in a ticket package; or

        (b)     in relation to a ticketed event to which a major event ticketing declaration applies, a person authorised in writing by the ticketed event organiser to sell or distribute tickets to the ticketed event in a ticket package;

"face value price" means the price of a ticket that is set or agreed to by the sports event organiser or ticketed event organiser at the time that the ticket is first sold, excluding the cost of any commission, booking fee, administration fee, surcharge or other cost incurred in connection with the sale or distribution of the ticket;

"register of authorised ticket package sellers" means the register required to be kept under section 160A or section 182GA;

"seating allocation" means the location from which a person is authorised to view or experience an event and includes—

        (a)     any seat number, letter or other identifier; and

        (b)     any number, letter or other identifier that describes the row, level, bay, stall or area in which a seat is located (however described); and

        (c)     if the ticket provides for a general seating allocation, any number, letter or other identifier that describes the area within which a person is authorised to view the event, including whether the ticket is for general or limited admission; and

        (d)     if the ticket provides for a standing allocation, any number, letter or other identifier that describes the area within which a person is authorised to view the event, including whether the ticket is for general or limited admission;

"ticket package", in Part 9 or 9A, means the sale or distribution of tickets for a sports ticketing event or a ticketed event to which a major event ticketing declaration applies that is contingent on the supply of other goods or services;".

Division 2—Amendments to sports event ticketing