Clause 4

Subject to this section, a person carries on the business of a travel agent if the person carries on, or advertises or holds himself 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 a person a right to travel on any conveyance;

supplying any tour (whether or not organised by the person) to any other person;

such other similar activity as 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 (Act 30 of 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 (Cap. 259B);

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.”.