Travel Agents (Amendment) Regulations 2007

No. S 12

Travel Agents Act

(Chapter 334)

Travel Agents (Amendment) Regulations 2007

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 28 of the Travel Agents Act, the Singapore Tourism Board, with the approval of the Minister for Trade and Industry, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Travel Agents (Amendment) Regulations 2007 and shall come into operation on 15th January 2007.

Amendment of regulation 6

2. Regulation 6 of the Travel Agents Regulations (Rg 1) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)

any change of —

(i)	address of its place of business; or
(ii)	its contact details; and”.

Deletion of regulation 7

3. Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Amendment of regulation 9

4. Regulation 9 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraph:

“(b)	the licensee’s contact details registered with the Board.”.

Amendment of regulation 10

5. Regulation 10 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (2).

New regulation 14A

6. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 14, the following regulation:

“Sharing premises

14A. A licensee shall not share, occupy or use his place of business jointly with any other person unless he has obtained the prior written approval of the Board.”.

Amendment of regulation 15

7. Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (2).

Deletion of regulation 16

8. Regulation 16 of the principal Regulations is deleted.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 22 and new regulation 22A

9. Regulation 22 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulations substituted therefor:

“Approval of tours

22. The Board may require a licensee to obtain the prior approval of the Board before conducting any tour in Singapore.

Licensee may be required to cease conducting tours

22A.—(1) Where the Board, upon receiving a complaint from any tourist, is of the opinion that any tour being conducted in Singapore by a licensee is undesirable or contrary to the interest of tourists, the Board may, if it thinks fit, by notice in writing require the licensee concerned to cease the conduct of that tour.

(2) In this regulation, “tour” includes any food, medical, shopping, sightseeing and spa tour.”.

Amendment of regulation 24

10. Regulation 24 (2) of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting sub-paragraph (a).

Amendment of regulation 25

11. Regulation 25 of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)	by deleting the word “forthwith”; and
(b)	by inserting, immediately after the words “other person”, the words “, within 14 days of the cessation or transfer”.

Deletion and substitution of regulation 26

12. Regulation 26 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulation substituted therefor:

“Surrender of licence

26. Where —

(a)	a licence has been revoked by the Board under section 11 of the Act; or
(b)	a licensee has ceased to operate as a travel agent,

the licensee shall surrender the licence to the Board within 7 days —

(i)	after the date the order for the revocation of the licence takes effect; or
(ii)	from the date of cessation of operation,

as the case may be.”.

Amendment of regulation 30

13. Regulation 30 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting “16,”.

Deletion of Schedule

14. The Schedule to the principal Regulations is deleted.

Made this 11th day of January 2007.

SIMON ISRAEL

Chairman,
Singapore Tourism Board, Singapore.

[AG/LEG/SL/334/2006/1 Vol. 1]

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