Minimum prices have been set for Scottish football's top-flight play-offs in a bid to avert the controversies seen during the first two years.
Championship clubs will not be allowed to charge less than £12 for adults in the opening pair of two-legged ties and there is an £18 minimum charge for the final. Minimum concessions will be £6 and £12 respectively.
Rangers set adult prices at just £5 for their home games in May after being denied the chance to allow season-ticket holders in for free under Scottish Professional Football League rules.
Hibernian had been allowed to do that the previous year as a one-off, as they had sold season books before the play-offs had been introduced.
Play-off income is pooled by the SPFL to help pay for parachute payments for relegated clubs, which were underwritten by the Scottish Football Association for the first two years only. Hibs will receive £750,000 in total following their demotion and failure to bounce back immediately.
Hibs charged £15 for adults for their home game with Rangers this year while Motherwell cut adult tickets to £10 and Queen of the South charged their normal rate of £16.
A league statement read: "The SPFL's 42 member clubs today voted unanimously to introduce a new minimum pricing rule for all Ladbrokes Premiership play-off matches with immediate effect.
"The rules are consistent with and equivalent to the minimum prices in place for the Scottish League Cup competition."
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