Agents Amendment Regulation 2006 (No 1) (ACT)

Agents Amendment Regulation 2006 (No 1)

Subordinate Law SL2006-18

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Agents Act 2003.

Dated 12 May 2006.

Simon Corbell

Minister

John Hargreaves

Minister

Agents Amendment Regulation 2006 (No 1)

Subordinate Law SL2006-18

made under the

Agents Act 2003

1. Name of regulation

   This regulation is the Agents Amendment Regulation 2006 (No 1).

2. Commencement

   This regulation commences on the day after its notification day.

   NoteThe naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

3. Legislation amended

   This regulation amends the Agents Regulation 2003.

4. New section 5A

   in part 1, insert

5AAct does not apply to interstate travel agents advertising in ACT—Act, s 6 (l)

(1)This section applies to a person who—

(a)is a licensed travel agent under a corresponding law; and

(b)    advertises as a travel agent in the ACT; and

(c)is not licensed as a travel agent in the ACT.

(2)The Act does not apply to the person to the extent that the person—

(a)advertises in the ACT as a travel agent if each advertisement includes a statement—

(i)of the person’s name; and

(ii)of the licence number of the person’s travel agent licence under the corresponding law; and

(iii)indicating the State in which the licence is in force; or

(b)only provides information to prospective customers in the ACT in relation to the person’s business as a travel agent.

(3)The exemption from the application of the Act under this section does not apply if the person—

(a)is physically present in the ACT; or

(b)operates through someone else who is physically present in the ACT.

1. Section 6 (4)

   substitute

   (4)An individual has the qualifications for a licence as a travel agent if—

   (a)the individual has successfully completed the unit of competency THTSOP20A, accredited under the Tertiary Accreditation and Registration Act 2003, chapter 3 (Vocational education and training), as provided or assessed by a registered training organisation; or

   (b)the individual has had at least 1 year’s full-time employment in the previous 5 years—

   (i)in selling tickets, or arranging rights of passage, for international travel or international travel and accommodation; or

   (ii)as the person in charge of the day-to-day conduct of a place of business of a travel agent licensed under the Act or a corresponding law that involves selling tickets, or arranging rights of passage, for international travel or international travel and accommodation; or

   (c)immediately before the repeal of the repealed Act, the individual was eligible for the grant of a travel agent’s licence under that Act; or

   (d)the individual has, either before or after the commencement of this section, successfully completed a travel agent’s course that—

   (i)was, before the commencement of this section, approved by the commissioner for fair trading; and

   (ii)dealt (completely or partly) with selling tickets for international air travel, or otherwise arranging for international air travel.

   (5)Subsection (4) (d) and this subsection expire 1 year after the day they commence.

Endnotes

1. Notification

   Notified under the Legislation Act on 15 May 2006.

2. Republications of amended laws

   For the latest republication of amended laws, see align="center">© Australian Capital Territory 2006