| (Cap 218 section 50) [13 December 1985] (L.N. 341 of 1985) Cap 218A reg 1 Citation These regulations may be cited as the Travel Agents Regulations. (Enacted 1985) Cap 218A reg 2 Keeping of register PART I REGISTER (1) The Registrar shall cause to be kept in the register particulars of- (a) licences which are in force; (b) licences which have been suspended or revoked; and (c) such other matters, if any, as he thinks fit.(2) The register shall be kept at the office of the Registrar or at such other place as he may specify by public notice given in such manner as he thinks fit. (3) The register required under this regulation may be kept by recording the matters in question- (a) in bound books or any other legible form; or (b) otherwise than in a legible form so long as the recording is capable of being reproduced in a legible form. (Enacted 1985) Cap 218A reg 3 Inspection and copies of register Any person shall be entitled on payment of the fee set out in the First Schedule- (a) to inspect the register during ordinary office hours and take copies of any entry; or (b) to obtain from the Registrar a copy, certified by or under the authority of the Registrar to be correct, of any entry in the register. (Enacted 1985) Cap 218A reg 4 Publication of register (1) As soon as practicable after 1 January of every year, the Registrar shall prepare and publish in the Gazette a list of the names and registered addresses of all persons whose names appear on the register as being licensed on the date specified in that list and the period in respect of which they are so licensed. (2) As soon as practicable after 1 July of every year, the Registrar shall prepare and publish in the Gazette a list of the names and registered addresses of all persons whose names were added to the register or whose licence has been renewed together with, in each case, the period in respect of which they are so licensed between the date specified in the list published under paragraph (1) and the date specified in the list published under this paragraph. (Enacted 1985) Cap 218A reg 5 Copies to be admissible as evidence (1) A copy of an entry in the register purporting to be certified by or under the authority of the Registrar obtained under regulation 3 shall be admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings on production without further proof as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. (2) A copy of a list published in the Gazette under regulation 4 shall be admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings on production without further proof as prima facie evidence that each person named in such list is licensed. (3) The fact that the name of any person is absent from a list published in the Gazette under regulation 4 shall be prima facie evidence that such person was not, at the date of the publication of that list, licensed. (4) Any notice published in the Gazette purporting to be a notice by the Registrar under section 30(1) of the Ordinance shall be admitted in evidence in any criminal or civil proceedings on production without further proof as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. (5) A certificate purporting to be under the hand of the Registrar and stating that the name of a person has been entered on or removed from the register or has not been entered on the register shall be admissible in any proceedings on its production and without further proof and shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated therein. (Enacted 1985) Cap 218A reg 6 Meetings of Advisory Committee PART II ADVISORY COMMITTEE (1) The Advisory Committee shall meet as often as may be necessary for the consideration of any matter referred to in section 8 of the Ordinance or as the Chairman may, by notice in writing to each member, direct. (2) The procedure at a meeting of the Advisory Committee shall be such as the Chairman may determine. (3) At any meeting of the Advisory Committee the Chairman shall have a casting vote in addition to a deliberative vote. (Enacted 1985) Cap 218A reg 7 Transaction of business by circulation of papers The Advisory Committee may transact any of its business by the circulation of papers, and a resolution in writing which is approved by a majority shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Advisory Committee by the votes of its members so approving the resolution. (Enacted 1985) Cap 218A reg 8 Fees PART III LICENSING (1) The fees payable under the Ordinance shall be the fees specified in the First Schedule. (2) No fee paid shall be refundable. (Enacted 1985)______________________________________________________________________________ Note: Certain fees payable under this regulation in respect of a travel agent's licence within the period from 1 June 2003 to 31 May 2004 are waived (please see the Travel Agents (Waiver of Fees) Regulation 2003 (L.N. 139 of 2003)). Cap 218A reg 9 Application and particulars (1) An application for a licence by- |
