Tourist Promotion Board (Amendment) Bill

by deleting the definition of “financial year” appearing therein and substituting therefor the following: —“ “financial year” means a period of twelve months beginning on the 1st day of April, except that the period between the coming into operation of the Tourist Promotion Board (Amendment) Act, 1969 (Act of 1969), and the 31st day of March 1970, inclusive, shall be deemed to be part of the preceding financial year;”;

by inserting immediately after the definition of “financial year” appearing therein the following new definition: —“ “tourist food establishment” means any place or any premises or part thereof used for the sale or for the preparation for sale of food and drink whether cooked or not, intended for human consumption which is declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to be a tourist food establishment;”; and

by inserting immediately after the definition of “tourist hotel” appearing therein the following new definition: —“ “tourist public house” means any premises which have a public house licence issued under the provisions of the Customs Ordinance, 1960 (Ord. 44 of 1960), and which are declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to be a tourist public house;”.

by deleting subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(1) The Board shall consist of —

the Chairman;

the Director of the Board appointed under section 7 of this Ordinance; and

eight other members to be appointed by the Minister.”; and

by deleting the expression “(f)” appearing in the second line of subsection (2) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “(c)”.

There shall be levied and paid to the Board or to its agents, at the end of each month —

in respect of every room or suite occupied each day in every tourist hotel; and

in respect of all sales of food and drink —

in tourist food establishments; and

in tourist public houses,a cess at the rate set out in the Schedule to this Ordinance.(2) The Minister may in such Schedule, classify tourist hotels, tourist food establishments and tourist public houses and specify the rate of cess to be paid in respect of each such tourist hotel, tourist food establishment and tourist public house.(3) The Minister may, from time to time by order published in the Gazette, add to, vary or revoke the whole or any part of such Schedule.”.

by deleting the word “January” appearing in the first line thereof and substituting therefor the word “April”; and

by deleting the word “March” appearing in the second line thereof and substituting therefor the word “July”.