Rejected petition We want the Government to make it a criminal offence to resell tickets for any event.

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We want the government to bring in legislation to make it a criminal offence to resell tickets for any event, this includes all online auction sites, secondary selling agents, and at or near the event or any other means. Ticketing agents must put in place means by which tickets can be resold at their original face value only.

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Date submitted 21 October 2011
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