TAYL-F70
Response
Historic
AI-assessed
Consider creating offence for unauthorised sale of football match tickets
Recommendation
Consideration should be given to creating an offence of selling tickets for and on the day of a football match without authority from the home club to do so.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
According to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, specifically Section 166, an offence of selling tickets for designated football matches without the authorisation of the organiser was created. This legislation directly implemented the recommendation to criminalise unauthorised ticket selling on the day of a match.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic
Response
HistoricNo government response recorded.
Themes & Tags
Recommendation age
36.1 yrs
Last formal update
No formal updates