PART 3Miscellaneous and General
CHAPTER 5Secondary ticketing
92Duty to report criminal activity
1
This section applies where—
a
an operator of a secondary ticketing facility knows that a person has used or is using the facility in such a way that an offence has been or is being committed, and
b
the offence relates to the re-sale of a ticket for a recreational, sporting or cultural event in the United Kingdom.
2
The operator must, as soon as the operator becomes aware that a person has used or is using the facility as mentioned in subsection (1), disclose the matters specified in subsection (3) to—
a
an appropriate person, and
b
an organiser of the event (subject to subsection (5)).
3
Those matters are—
a
the identity of the person mentioned in subsection (1), if this is known to the operator, and
b
the fact that the operator knows that an offence has been or is being committed as mentioned in that subsection.
4
The following are appropriate persons for the purposes of this section—
a
a constable of a police force in England and Wales,
b
a constable of the police service of Scotland, and
c
a police officer within the meaning of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000.
5
This section does not require an operator to make a disclosure to an organiser of an event if the operator has reasonable grounds for believing that to do so will prejudice the investigation of any offence.
6
References in this section to an offence are to an offence under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.
7
This section applies only in relation to an offence of which an operator becomes aware after the coming into force of this section.