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4. Business of travel agent

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Last amended by an amending law of 2017.

(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:

(a)

supplying any person a right to travel on any conveyance;

(b)

supplying any person —

(i)

a right to travel on any conveyance to; and

(ii)

a right of accommodation at a hotel or similar boarding premises at,one or more places, whether in Singapore or elsewhere;

(c)

purchasing, or reserving, for resale to any person a right to travel on any conveyance;

(d)

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

(e)

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 —

(a)

for the activity mentioned in subsection (1)(a), the person carries on the activity only in respect of a conveyance the person owns;

(b)

for the activity mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (c), the person carries on the activity only in respect of a conveyance —

(i)

used for a regular route service within the meaning of the Bus Services Industry Act 2015;

(ii)

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

(iii)

used for a train service within the meaning of the Public Transport Council Act 1987;

(c)

for the activity mentioned in subsection (1)(b), the person carries on the activity only in respect of —

(i)

a conveyance the person owns; and

(ii)

a hotel or similar boarding premises the person owns or operates; or

(d)

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.

Report

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Part 2

Licensing of Travel Agents

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Part 3

General

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