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Make provision about the governance of event venues where seat owners or their nominated representatives form part of the governing body of an event venue; to regulate the sales of the use of such seats by the seat owners or their nominated representatives; and for connected purposes.

Be it enacted by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Event venue governing bodies (1)

Where the governing body of an event venue in England and Wales which has charitable status includes persons who own seats in that event venue, or their nominated representatives, the provisions in subsections (2) and (3) apply.

 (2)

Where a person owns a seat in the event venue, and sells, or allows another to sell, the use of that seat for an event at which members of the general public obtain admission by payment of money—

 (a)

the use of the seat may not be sold for a value greater than the equivalent box office price of a ticket offered to members of the general public who do not own seats, and

 (b)

the use of the seat may only be sold through the official ticket resale system for the venue, if the venue has such a system.

 (3)

Persons that own seats in the event venue, or persons appointed by them—

 (a)

may form only a minority of the persons making up the governing body of the event venue, and

 (b)

may not hold the chairmanship of the governing body.
2 Extent, commencement and short title (1)

This Act extends to England and Wales only.

 (2)

This Act comes into force at the end of the period of one year beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.

 (3)

This Act may be cited as the Regulation of Event Venue Governing Bodies (Conflicts of Interest) Act 2026.
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