Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021
Interpretation | ||
2. In this Act— | ||
“advertise” includes every form of advertisement, whether or not to the public, in a newspaper or other publication, on television or radio, by display of a notice, by electronic communication, including by means of the internet, or by any other means; | ||
“amateur sports club” means a not for profit club which has as its main purpose the provision of facilities for, and the promotion of, participation in one or more sports but does not include a sports club or body organised on a county, provincial, regional or national basis; | ||
“applicant” means— | ||
(a) an event applicant, or | ||
(b) a venue applicant; | ||
“charitable organisation” means a registered charitable organisation within the meaning of section 2 of the Charities Act 2009 ; | ||
“designated event” shall be construed in accordance with section 9 ; | ||
“designated venue” shall be construed in accordance with section 7 ; | ||
“event” means a cultural, entertainment, recreational or sporting event; | ||
“event applicant” shall have the meaning assigned to it by section 9 ; | ||
“event organiser”, in relation to an event, means a person who— | ||
(a) is responsible for staging, organising or managing the event, or | ||
(b) a person, acting for, or on behalf of, a person referred to in paragraph (a); | ||
“Minister” means the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment; | ||
“original sale price” means— | ||
(a) the price for which a ticket or ticket package was sold by a primary ticket seller and includes any additional charge or fee applying to the sale of the ticket or ticket package, or | ||
(b) the price for which an equivalent ticket or ticket package was on sale by a primary ticket seller where a secondary ticket seller obtained the ticket or ticket package other than through payment of the price; | ||
“prescribe” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister; | ||
“primary ticket seller” means— | ||
(a) an event organiser, | ||
(b) a venue operator, | ||
(c) a person authorised to sell tickets or ticket packages on behalf of an event organiser or venue operator, or | ||
(d) a person acting for, or on behalf of, a person referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c), | ||
but does not include a secondary ticket seller; | ||
“relevant event” means an event taking place in a designated venue or a designated event; | ||
“secondary ticket marketplace” means a website, online service, electronic application or print publication which provides a secondary ticket seller with a facility for the sale or advertising for sale of tickets or ticket packages and includes a marketplace that also provides a facility for the sale or supply, or advertising for sale or supply, of other goods or services; | ||
“secondary ticket operator”, in relation to a secondary ticket marketplace, means— | ||
(a) a person who owns or manages the marketplace or is otherwise responsible for the operation of the marketplace, or | ||
(b) a person acting for, or on behalf of, a person referred to in paragraph (a); | ||
“secondary ticket seller” means a person who sells a ticket or ticket package that was originally sold by, or otherwise originally made available by or through, a primary ticket seller; | ||
“sell” includes, in relation to a ticket or ticket package, to offer or expose the ticket or ticket package for sale or invite the making by a person of an offer to purchase the ticket or ticket package; | ||
“ticket”, in relation to an event, means a card, pass, paper, document, device, whether in electronic form or otherwise, that on presentation entitles the holder to gain admission to the event; | ||
“ticket package” means a package under which— | ||
(a) a ticket is sold or offered for sale at an inclusive price in combination with other goods or services, or | ||
(b) the purchase of other goods or services entitles the purchaser to buy a ticket for its original sale price or other specified price; | ||
“venue applicant” shall have the meaning assigned to it by section 7 ; | ||
“venue operator” means a person who— | ||
(a) owns or manages a venue or is otherwise responsible for the operation of the venue, or | ||
(b) a person, including an event organiser, acting for, or on behalf of, a person referred to in paragraph (a). |