A426
Ord. No. 70/88
Restriction on operating as a travel agent
Grant of licence
Section added
TRAVEL AGENTS (AMENDMENT)
(c) by adding after the definition of "licence"--
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"qualified" means qualified in accordance with the constitu- tion, rules or articles of association of an approved organization or of an association member, as the case may be;"; and
(d) by repealing the definition of "Reserve Fund".
3.
Section 9(c) is amended by adding "imposed under section 11(1) or (1A)" after "licence".
4.
Section 11 is amended-
(a) by adding after subsection (1)—
"(1A) Subject to subsection (1B), any licence granted by the Registrar under subsection (1) shall be subject to the condition that the applicant shall be and remain a member of an approved organization during the period that the licence is in force.
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(1B) The condition referred to in subsection (1A) shall
(a) to any licence granted under subsection (1) after the specified date in respect of an application for a licence made under section 10; or
(b) to any licence granted under subsection (1) after the specified date in respect of an application for the renewal of a licence made under section 15."; and
(b) by adding after subsection (2)—
"(3) In the absence of any evidence to the contrary an applicant for the grant of a licence under this section who is a member of an association member shall, if the licence is granted, be treated as a member of an approved organization during the period that the licence is in force.
(4) In this section "specified date" means a date specified by the Governor by notice in the Gazette for the purposes of this section.".
5. The following is added after section 11-
"Registrar's direction as to membership of an approved organization
11A. (1) If the Registrar is satisfied that an applicant who-
(a) is, or is qualified to be, a member of an association
member; and
(b) is qualified to be a member of an approved or-
ganization; but
(c) has been refused membership of that approved
organization,
is a fit and proper person to carry on business as a travel agent, the Registrar shall direct that approved organization to accept that applicant as a member of that approved organiza- tion in accordance with the constitution, rules or articles of association of that organization and subject to the payment of such membership fees (if any) as may be prescribed in that constitution or those rules or articles of association.