Singapore legislation
Section 4
Section 4
Business of travel agent
(1)
Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a person carries on the business of a travel agent if the person carries on, or advertises or holds himself, herself or itself out as carrying on, a business of any one or more of the following:
supplying any person a right to travel on any conveyance;
supplying any person —
a right to travel on any conveyance to; and
a right of accommodation at a hotel or similar boarding premises at,one or more places, whether in Singapore or elsewhere;
purchasing, or reserving, for resale to any person a right to travel on any conveyance;
supplying any tour (whether or not organised by the person) to any other person;
any other similar activity that may be prescribed.
(2)
An individual who is employed by a licensee or who is an agent of a licensee does not carry on the business of a travel agent by reason only of carrying on in the course of the individual’s employment or agency (as the case may be) any activity mentioned in subsection (1).
(3)
However, a person does not carry on the business of a travel agent if —
for the activity mentioned in subsection (1)(a), the person carries on the activity only in respect of a conveyance the person owns;
for the activity mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (c), the person carries on the activity only in respect of a conveyance —
used for a regular route service within the meaning of the Bus Services Industry Act 2015;
used for a community bus service or courtesy bus service, within the meaning of the Bus Services Industry Act 2015, and that travels only within Singapore; or
used for a train service within the meaning of the Public Transport Council Act 1987;
for the activity mentioned in subsection (1)(b), the person carries on the activity only in respect of —
a conveyance the person owns; and
a hotel or similar boarding premises the person owns or operates; or
for the activity mentioned in subsection (1)(d), the person carries on the activity only in respect of any place or point of interest that the person owns or operates.