Travel Agents Amendment Regulations 2004 (WA)

7136 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 31 December 2004

CE303*

Travel Agents Act 1985

Travel Agents Amendment Regulations 2004

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.	Citation These are the Travel Agents Amendment Regulations 2004.
2.	Commencement These regulations come into operation on 1 January 2005.

3.             The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the Travel Agents
Regulations 1986*.

[* Reprint 2 as at 14 November 2003.

For amendments to 19 November 2004 see Gazette
9 March 2004.]

4.             Regulation 8 amended

(1) Before regulation 8(1) the following subregulation is
inserted —

“

(1a) This regulation does not have effect after
31 December 2005.

”.

5.	Regulations 8AA and 8AB inserted After regulation 8 the following regulations are inserted —
“

8AA.	Qualifications
(1)	This regulation is to be read with regulation 8.
(2)	In this regulation — “State or Territory” means a State or Territory of

Australia.

(3) The qualifications prescribed for —

(a)	the purposes of section 29(1) or (2); and
(b)	an individual referred to in section 12(2)(e) who specifies in his application that he proposes to be personally present and in charge of the day to day conduct of business at a place specified by him in that application,

31 December 2004 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 7137

are the qualifications described in subregulation (4) or
(5), which are prescribed in relation to the category and
type of business carried on, or proposed to be carried

on, at the relevant place of business.

(4) For “Category A” business, being any business
involving the sale of tickets, or the arrangement of
rights of passage, for international travel, or
international travel and accommodation, the
qualifications required are —

(a) successful achievement of Unit of Competence the Australian Quality Training Framework; or
THTSOP20A, delivered or assessed by an
organisation registered by a State or Territory
recognition authority to deliver training and/or
conduct assessments and issue nationally

(b) one years’ full-time experience (or equivalent), in the 5 years preceding the application —

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

(ii) in employment as a person in charge of travel and accommodation.
the day to day conduct of a place of
business of a licensed travel agent in a
State or Territory selling tickets, or
arranging of rights of passage, for

(5)	For “Category B” business, being any business involving the sale of tickets, or the arrangement of rights of passage, for any travel, or travel and accommodation, other than Category A business, no qualifications are required.
8AB.	Transitional qualifications
Where prescribed qualifications are required under section 29(1) or (2), or section 12(2)(e), of the Act, the requirement is satisfied if —

(a)	on or after 1 January 2005; or
(b)	on or before 31 December 2005,

either the qualification requirements prescribed in
regulation 8 or the qualification requirements

prescribed in regulation 8AA are met.

”.

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.