British Columbia Order in Council — Order under Ticket Sales, ss (O.C. 289/2021)

O.C. 289/2021

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria page 1 of 5 On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective July 1, 2021, (

a) that part of

section 1 not yet in force and sections 3 to 17 and 20 to 29 of the Ticket Sales Act, S.B.C. 2019, c. 13, are brought into force, and (

b) the attached Ticket Sales Regulation is made. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Presiding Member of the Executive Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Ticket Sales Act, S.B.C. 2019, c. 13, ss. 27 to 30 Other: R10509203 289 May 14, 2021

page 2 of 5 TICKET SALES REGULATION Contents 1

Definitions 2 General exemptions 3 General exemption for films at theatres 4

Section 6 exemptions 5 Additional disclosure requirements 6 Administrative penalties 7 Service of notice or order

Definitions 1 In this regulation: “Act” means the Ticket Sales Act; “campus” means land and improvements that are used primarily for the purposes of (

a) delivering educational progr ams or other learning programs, (

b) research, or (

c) providing student services or servi ces by affiliated student organizations; “governor” means the board or other person or body responsible for the governance of a place; “lease”, in relation to a place, includes any form of permission to use the place; “resale” means to make available for sale tickets that were originally made available for sale by a primary ticket seller. General exemptions 2

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a ti cket service provider is exempt from the Act and the regulations with respect to th e sale and resale of tickets for events held at any of the following places: (

a) a school, francophone school or Provincial school within the meaning of the School Act; (

b) an independent school within the meaning of the Independent School Act; (

c) a school for students in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12 that is operated (

i) by a participating Fi rst Nation or a Community Education Authority within the meaning of the First Nations Jurisdiction over Education in British Columbia Act (Canada), (ii) on a reserve within the meaning of the Indian Act (Canada), or (iii) by a treaty first nation or the Nis ×a’a Nation; (

d) the campus of an institution or a university within the meaning of the College and Institute Act; (

e) the campus of an in stitution regulated under the Private Training Act or the Degree Authorization Act; (

f) the campus of a post- secondary educational institution operated by

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i) a first nation, a treaty first nation, the Nis ×a’a Nation, the Westbank First Nation, the Sechelt Indian Band or the Sechelt Indian Government District, or (ii) a society within the meaning of the Societies Act or a corporation within the meaning of the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act (

A) that has, as one of its purpos es, the provision of post-secondary education to Indigenous peoples, and (

B) of which the majority of the directors are Indigenous; (

g) the campus of an institution established (

i) under, or by a body that is incor porated under, a private Act, and (ii) primarily for the purpose of pr oviding education, whether religious or otherwise, to adult students; (

h) a place of public worship; (

i) a place owned or operated by (

i) a municipality or regional district, (ii) the executive committee, the Isla nds Trust Conservancy, the trust council or a local trust committee within the meaning of the Islands Trust Act, (iii) a treaty first nation, the Nis ×a’a Nation, a Nis ×a’a Village, the Westbank First Nation, the Sechelt Indian Band or the Sechelt Indian Government District, or (iv) a society within the meaning of the Societies Act that, under an enactment of the Nis ×a’a Lisims Government , is designated as a Nis×a’a Urban Local Society; (

j) the park for which the Cultus Lake Park Board, continued under

section 3 (2) of The Cultus Lake Park Act, is responsible; (

k) a place for which the Vancouver Park Board, established under

section 485 of the Vancouver Charter, is responsible.

(2) The exemption under subsection (1) does not apply if the place is leased, for the purpose of holding the event, to a person who is not an owner or governor of any place referred to in that subsection.

(3) The exemption under subsection (1) (

i) doe s not apply if the place is operated by the Pacific National Exhibition, as incorporated under the Pacific National Exhibition Incorporation Act. General exemption for films at theatres 3 A person who is licensed under the Motion Picture Act to carry on the business of a theatre is exempt from the Ac t and the regulations with respect to the sale and resale of tickets for films being shown at the theatre. Exemptions respecting secondary ticket sales 4

(1) A secondary ticket seller and a secondary ticketing platform operator are exempt from

section 6 [secondary ticket sale] of the Act, but only with respect to the resale of tickets or the facilitation of th e sale of tickets, as applicable, for the

page 4 of 5 benefit of a registered charity within the meaning of

section 248 (1) of the Income Tax Act (Canada).

(2) A secondary ticketing platform operator is exempt from

section 6 of the Act if the operator is engaged solely in the business of advertising the resale of tickets and performs no other activity with respect to the sale or resale of tickets.

(3) A secondary ticket seller and a secondary ticketing platform operator are exempt from

section 6 (a) (

i) of the Act with resp ect to the sale or resale of a particular ticket or the facilitation of the sale of a particular ticket, as applicable, if all of the following conditions are met: (

a) the ticket was intended to provide admission to a scheduled event, but that event was cancelled and rescheduled; (

b) the ticket service provider offers to the ticket purchaser, prominently and in writing, that ticket purchaser’s choice of (

i) a full refund, or (ii) a ticket that provides admi ssion to the rescheduled event; (

c) the ticket purchaser expr essly accepts the offer of the ticket that provides admission to the rescheduled event. Additional disclosure requirements 5 In addition to the requirements under

section 5 [general disclosure requirements] of the Act, a ticket service provider must ensure that an offer to sell a ticket discloses any restrictions on (

a) the form of the ticket, and (

b) the sale or transfer of the ticket by the original ticket purchaser to another person. Administrative penalties 6

(1) For the purposes of

section 15 [administrative penalties] of the Act, a director may impose an administrati ve penalty on a person who contravenes any of the following: (

a) a provision referred to in

section 20 (2) [offences] of the Act; (b)

section 20 (3) (a), (b), (

c) or (d) (

i) or (ii) of the Act.

(2) A director may impose administrative penalties on a daily basis for continuing contraventions.

(3) A notice imposing an administrative pe nalty for a contravention of a provision referred to in subsection (1) must be ca ncelled in respect of the contravention if the person on whom the notice was served demonstrates to the satisfaction of a director that the person exercised due diligence to prevent that contravention.

(4) If a person fails to pay an administ rative penalty as required under

section 167 [due date of penalty] of the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act , a director, before filing the notice of penalty with a court in accordance with

section 168 (2) [enforcement of administrative penalty] of that Act, must impose an additional administrative penalty equa l to 10% of the unpaid administrative penalty.

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(5) References in subsection (4) to the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act are to be read as that Act applies under

section 15 (3) of the Ticket Sales Act. Service of notice or order 7 In addition to the methods of service permitted under

section 24 [service] of the Act, any notice or order required to be given or served by a director or an inspector under the Act is sufficiently given to or served on a person if given or served by any of the following methods: (

a) by leaving a copy with an agent of the person; (

b) by sending a copy by ordinary or register ed mail to the address at which the person carries on business; (

c) by sending a copy by email to the email address provided by the person; (

d) by leaving a copy in a mailbox or ma il slot for the address at which the person carries on business; (

e) by attaching a copy to a door or othe r conspicuous place at the address at which the person carries on business; (

f) by transmitting a copy to a fax number provided as an address for service by the person.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 289/2021
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0289 2021
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	2fff696c5a07b3675ed404b68b8ec0e38c04d0d6

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