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Travel Agents Amendment Regulations 2007

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Travel Agents Amendment Regulations 2007

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Travel Agents Act 1987 .

22 October 2007

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

STEVEN KONS

Minister for Justice and Workplace Relations

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Travel Agents Amendment Regulations 2007 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Principal Regulations

In these regulations, the Travel Agents Regulations 2003 are referred to as the Principal Regulations.

4.    Regulation 6 amended (Licence conditions)

Regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting "Board" and substituting "Director of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading".

5.    Regulation 8 amended (Register of licences)

Regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting "Board" and substituting "Director of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading".

6.    Regulation 9 substituted

Regulation 9 of the Principal Regulations is rescinded and the following regulation is substituted:

9.   Form of notice to be displayed under section 37(1)

For the purposes of section 37(1) of the Act –
(a) the prescribed form of notice is a notice in the form set out below, but having the minimum dimensions of 200 millimetres by 200 millimetres, and in the colours respectively indicated on the image below; and
(b) the prescribed particulars are those indicated in that form of notice.

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7.    Regulation 11 amended (Compensation scheme)

Regulation 11(2) of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting "Board" and substituting "Director of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading".

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 31 October 2007

These regulations are administered in the Department of Justice.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation)

These regulations amend the Travel Agents Regulations 2003 by omitting references to the Travel Agents' Licensing Board and substituting references to the Director of Consumer Affairs and Fair Trading.