Travel Agents Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2003 (NSW)

2003 No 136

New South Wales

Travel Agents Amendment (Fees)

Regulation 2003

under the

Travel Agents Act 1986

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Travel Agents Act 1986.

JOHN AQUILINA, M.P., Minister for Fair Trading

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Travel Agents Regulation 2001 in connection with the application to licences under the Travel Agents Act 1986 of the uniform licensing provisions of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002. In particular, this Regulation sets out the various fees payable in connection with such a licence, and omits a number of obsolete provisions.

This Regulation is made under the Travel Agents Act 1986, including section 57 (the general power to make regulations) and sections 10, 15 and 17.

Published in Gazette No 45 of 14 February 2002, page 1635	Page 1
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Travel Agents Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2003

under the

Travel Agents Act 1986

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Travel Agents Amendment (Fees) Regulation

2003.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 28 February 2003.

3 Amendment of Travel Agents Regulation 2001

The Travel Agents Regulation 2001 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

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Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]      Clauses 7 and 8

Omit the clauses. Insert instead:

7 Fees

(1)

The fees payable for the purposes of the Act are listed in
Column 1 of Schedule 2.

(2)

The amount of each fee is to be calculated by adding together the various components set out in Columns 2, 3, and 4 of Schedule 2 in relation to that fee.

(3)

An amount specified in relation to an application fee in Column 2 of Schedule 2 under the heading Processing component is taken to be a fee to cover the costs incurred by the Director-General in processing the application.

Note. This amount is consequently a processing fee for the purposes of Part 2 of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002.

(4)

If payment of an amount specified in relation to an annual fee in Column 2 of Schedule 1 under the heading Processing component is made by means of electronic communication (within the meaning of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002), the fee otherwise payable:

(a)	is to be reduced by $5, or
(b)	is to be reduced by 10 per cent, and rounded to the nearest whole dollar,

whichever results in the greater reduction.

(5)

A reference in Schedule 2 to a principal partner or ordinary partner, in relation to an licence application fee or annual fee, is a reference to an individual or corporation who is designated as such on the application or licence concerned.

8 Modification of Part 2 of Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002

Part 2 of the Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 is modified in such a manner that sections 24 (2) and 25 of that Act do not apply in relation to a licence.

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Schedule 1 Amendments

[2]      Clauses 9, 11, 13, 14 and 15

Omit the clauses.

[3]      Schedule 2

Insert after Schedule 1:

Schedule 2 Fees

(Clause 7)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Processing	Fixed	Variable
Nature of fee payable	component	component	component
Application fee for granting or	$88	nil	$300 per
restoration of licence (corporation)	place of business
Annual fee under section 17 (1) of	$22	nil	$300 per
the Act (corporation)	place of business
Application fee for granting or	$88	nil	$300 per
restoration of licence (individual,	place of
other than partner)	business
Annual fee under section 17 (1) of	$22	nil	$300 per
the Act (individual, other than	place of
partner)	business
Application fee for granting or	$88	nil	$300 per
restoration of licence (individual or	place of
corporation, principal partner)	business
Annual fee under section 17 (1) of	$22	nil	$300 per
the Act (individual or corporation,	place of
principal partner)	business
Application fee for granting or	$66	nil	nil
restoration of licence (individual or corporation, ordinary partner)

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Amendments Schedule 1

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Processing	Fixed	Variable
Nature of fee payable	component	component	component
Annual fee under section 17 (1) of	nil	nil	nil
the Act (individual or corporation, ordinary partner)
Late fee under section 17 (8) of the	nil	$45	nil
Act
Application fee for replacement of	$24	nil	nil
licence
Issue of certificate under section 15	nil	$18	nil
of the Act

BY AUTHORITY

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