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Clause 46

of Statutes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 46

Amendment of Travel Agents Act

Section 3 of the Travel Agents Act (Cap. 334, 1998 Ed.) is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Nothing in this Act is to be construed as requiring any of the following persons to hold a licence for the purpose of performing that person’s functions, exercising that person’s powers or carrying out that person’s duties as such person:

(a)

any executor or administrator;

(b)

any trustee;

(c)

any liquidator or official receiver;

(d)

any trustee in bankruptcy of a bankrupt estate;

(e)

any trustee under —

(i)

a composition or scheme of arrangement;

(ii)

a deed of arrangement; or

(iii)

a deed of assignment;

(f)

any donee of a lasting power of attorney —

(i)

which is granted under the Mental Capacity Act (Cap. 177A);

(ii)

under which the donor confers on the donee authority to make decisions in relation to the donor for the purposes of this Act; and

(iii)

the donor of which, after the creation of the lasting power of attorney, lacks capacity within the meaning of the Mental Capacity Act;

(g)

any deputy who is appointed or deemed to be appointed for an individual by the court under the Mental Capacity Act, and who is conferred power to make decisions in relation to that individual for the purposes of this Act.”.

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