Lords vote for further UK resale regulation
The House of Lords has voted to introduce further legislation governing the secondary ticketing market, opposing the position of the British government
News By IQ | 30 March 2017
The British government was yesterday defeated by the House of Lords on an amendment anti-touting campaigners say will significantly strengthen obligations to consumers by secondary ticketing sites.
The snappily titled amendment 33ZLZA to the Digital Economy Bill is opposed by the government, which backs the recommendations made in the Waterson report, an independent review which recommended no new legislation in favour of proper enforcement of the existing Consumer Rights Act (CRA) 2015.
However, members of Britain’s unelected – but politically balanced…
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