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| Market Study on
Ticket Agents
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Introduction
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
announced a short fact-finding study into ticket agents to assess
how effectively the supply of tickets for entertainment and sporting
events is working for consumers.
The study will focus on:
• arrangements that exist between
event organisers and ticket agents
• price transparency for consumers
including booking fees
• whether the consumer protection
regulations applying to ticket agents work effectively.
Once the report has been published
the government will be subject to a 90 day deadline to respond.
Notes
1. DTI has a general interest in
OFT's market studies (and co-ordinates Government responses where
those studies make regulatory recommendations). Queries should be
addressed to Philip Martin in Consumer and Competition Policy
Directorate, V610, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET (tel: 020 7215
6363)
Philip.martin@dti.gsi.gov.uk
2. DTI is responsible for
delivering the competitive framework for the growth of successful
businesses and a fair deal for consumers. The OFT has undertaken
this investigation under Section 5 of the Enterprise Act 2002, which
gives the OFT broad powers to report on commercial activities in the
UK.
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