Singapore legislation

Clause 4

of Travel Agents Bill

Clause 4

Business of travel agent

(1)

Subject to the provisions of this section, a person carries on the business of a travel agent if that person —

(a)

sells tickets entitling an individual to travel, or otherwise arranges for a person a right of passage on any conveyance (not being a prescribed conveyance); or

(b)

sells to, or arranges or makes available for, a person rights of passage to, and hotel or other accommodation at, one or more places (being places within or beyond Singapore, or some of which are within and others of which are beyond Singapore); or

(c)

purchases for resale the right of passage on any conveyance (not being a prescribed conveyance); or

(d)

carries out any activity which may be prescribed; or

(e)

holds himself out as, or advertises that he is, willing to carrying on any activity referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d).

(2)

An individual does not carry on the business of a travel agent by reason only of carrying on in the course of his employment any activity referred to in subsection (1).

(3)

A person does not carry on the business of a travel agent in respect of any activity referred to in —

(a)

paragraph (a) of subsection (1) if he carries on the activity in respect of a conveyance of which he is the owner; or

(b)

paragraph (b) of subsection (1) if he carries on the activity in respect of a conveyance and place of accommodation of which he is the owner.

(4)

A person does not carry on the business of a travel agent by reason only of holding himself out as, or advertising that he is, willing to carry on any activity to which paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (3) applies.